Atlanta Spades Championship

Registration

Ace High 

Most Wins 1pm-3:40pm Team with Most wins takes $500

Top 12 teams make it to a 12 team playoff. Single elimination but you can buy back in once for $25 per person. Winner of this playoff gets $1,500. 2nd place gets $500

The other teams that don't make the 12 team playoff advance to a consolation playoff for $500 Single Elimination but you can buy back in once for $10 per person

Each team will play 7 games

Game Start Times: 1:10pm, 1:32pm, 1:55pm, 2:17pm, 2:40pm, 3:02pm, 3:25pm

If you're late to a round then you will miss that round and it'll be an automatic Loss.

Playoffs start at 3:45pm. Games go to 350, 2 sets, or 20 mins. Whichever comes first

The teams that win the first games will remain at that same table for the duration of this portion of the tournament. The teams that lose the first game of the tournament will change tables every game no matter what. 

Game Play 

  1. First team to 300 points, wins (300 in the playoffs also) 
  2. Bid Every Hand
  3. Bid w/ partner (One person opens and one person closes)
  4. Must bid at least board 
  5. Board = 4 books
  6. Locked bid. (once you bid there is no going up or down)
  7. 2 Sets is Game
  8. Bid 10 +/-150 points
  9. Spades can lead at anytime.
  10. Winning any hand during any match with a Boston is not game. Bidding a Boston is game.
  11. You are allowed to say "a possible"

 

Dealing

  1. First Diamond deals to start a new game
  2. Dealer CANNOT turn the face of the cards towards themselves at any point during the shuffle or deal.
  3. If dealer turns face of the cards towards themself, the deal travels.
  4. Straight cut, straight deal. Deal left, cut right. 
  5. Dealer must get last card or the hand will be considered a misdeal
  6. Dealer cannot flip opponent’s cards
  7. Dealer can NOT look at their bottom card before or while dealing. 
  8. 2 decks of cards will be used for each game.
  9. Players can NOT pick up their hand until the dealer is finished dealing.
  10. No spades + no face cards = Bad Luck (you still have to play)

 

Cheating

  1. Renege = Automatic Set for that hand (Renege a 2nd time and your team forfeits the game)
  2. Reneges must be called as soon as its noticed. (Do NOT wait til the end of the hand) 
  3. Must notify staff when calling a renege
  4. If calling a renege, you do not have to choose the specific book. You can flip all books over. However, if you are wrong then you lose 3 books.
  5. Talking across the board = minus 3 books
  6. Any team caught cheating will be disqualified
  7. No phones on the table top. (No points are taken for this rule)
  8. No discussing current or future strategies
  9. Break any rule before you bid and you lose 30 points. Break any rule after you bid and you lose 3 books.  

Miscellaneous

  1. Books must stay separated thru the entire hand
  2. All books should be placed in order won. No mixing of the books.
  3. All hands must be played out no matter how many books have been bid
  4. One person from each team must record the score
  5. No Blinds
  6. No Nil
  7. No Bags

Tiebreakers will be broken by a game of best 2 out of 3. No bidding just the first to make 7 books. A 10 at anytime is double=game.