NOLA Spades Showdown

Spades rules:

Cookout Spades Format- Ace High 

Each team will play 5 games. The top 8 teams will advance to an 8 team playoff (Single Elimination) Playoff games will go to 350. Championship game will go to 500.

Game Play 

  1. First team to 300 points, wins 
  2. Bid Every Hand
  3. Bid w/ partner (One person opens and one person closes)
  4. Must bid at least board 
  5. Board is 4
  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 200 points.
  11. You are NOT allowed to say "a possible"

 

Dealing

  1. First Diamond deals to start a new game
  2. Straight cut straight deal
  3. Dealer can not look in the face of the cards. Deal travels if they do.
  4. You can wash the cards directly after your deal.
  5. Dealer must get last card or the hand will be considered a misdeal
  6. Dealer cannot flip any cards
  7. Dealer can NOT show 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)
  11. You must count your cards once the dealer is finished dealing. If you are missing a card at the end of the hand then you are set.

 

Cheating

  1. Renege = Automatic Game
  2. 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 are set.
  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
  8. If there has to be a playoff after the cut off time and your partner has to leave. You are allowed to pickup a new partner 

 

Decisions will be made the the facilitator of the tournament.