Cutthroat Spades Tourney
Spades rules:
Cookout Spades Format- Ace High
Most Cumulative Points wins the tournament. Your points add up from each game whether you’ve won or not.
Each player can get 5 points if you purchase something for $5 or more.
- First Person to 15 points (150), wins
- Bid Every Hand
- Bid in order.
- Must bid at least board
- Board is 3
- Locked bid. (once you bid there is no going up or down)
- Bid 7 or more and you get double the amount of points. Don’t get it and you only lose what you bid.
- Spades can lead at anytime.
- First Diamond deals to start a new game
- Players will use a card to mark the cut. Dealers will cut the cards accordingly.
- Dealer must get last card or the hand will be considered a misdeal
- Dealer cannot flip any cards
- Dealer can NOT show bottom card before or while dealing.
- 2 decks of cards will be used for each game.
- Players can NOT pick up their hand until the dealer is finished dealing.
- No spades + no face cards = Bad Luck (you still have to play)
- Renege = Automatic Set for that hand (Renege a 2nd time and you are disqualified from tourney.
- Reneges must be called as soon as it’s noticed. (Do NOT wait til the end of the hand)
- Must notify staff when calling a renege
- 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 2 books
- Any person caught cheating will be disqualified
- No phones on the table top. (No points are taken for this rule)
- No discussing current or future strategies
- Break any rule before you bid and you lose 3 points. Break any rule after you bid and you lose 2 books.