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. 

Game Play 

  1. First Person to 15 points (150), wins 
  2. Bid Every Hand
  3. Bid in order. 
  4. Must bid at least board 
  5. Board is 3
  6. Locked bid. (once you bid there is no going up or down)
  7. Bid 7 or more and you get double the amount of points. Don’t get it and you only lose what you bid. 
  8. Spades can lead at anytime.

 

Dealing

  1. First Diamond deals to start a new game
  2. Players will use a card to mark the cut. Dealers will cut the cards accordingly. 
  3. Dealer must get last card or the hand will be considered a misdeal
  4. Dealer cannot flip any cards
  5. Dealer can NOT show bottom card before or while dealing. 
  6. 2 decks of cards will be used for each game.
  7. Players can NOT pick up their hand until the dealer is finished dealing.
  8. 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 you are disqualified from tourney. 
  2. Reneges must be called as soon as it’s 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 2 books
  5. Any person caught cheating will be disqualified
  6. No phones on the table top. (No points are taken for this rule)
  7. No discussing current or future strategies
  8. Break any rule before you bid and you lose 3 points. Break any rule after you bid and you lose 2 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. No Blinds
  5. No Nil
  6. No Bags