Tuesdays at Palm Beach

Cookout Spades Format- Ace High

Most wins from 8pm-10pm

Top 8 teams advance to an 8 team playoff. 

Single Elimination. You can buy back in one time for $10 per person. 

Game Play 

  1. First team to 350 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.
  11. Winning any hand during any match with a Boston is not game. Bidding a Boston is 200 points.
  12. You are allowed to bid "a possible"

 

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
  4. Dealer cannot flip over any cards. If he does the other team has the option to throw the hand in. (Must decide as soon as it happens
  5. Dealer cannot look at or show their bottom card. 
  6. Players cannot look at their cards until the dealer is finished dealing
  7. No Spades or No face cards is just bad luck. You still have to play.
  8. 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.
  9. No "Walking the cards when dealing 
  10. You must shuffle at least once 

 

Cheating

  1. Renege is an automatic set for that hand.
  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 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
  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.

  1. Game is considered started once both teams sit down 
  2. No getting up from the table once game is started


No Disrespect is allowed!!! If the tournament host deems your behavior or words as disrespectful, you WILL be asked to leave and can not return. 

Absolutely NO calling anyone a b***h, F**k n***a, p***y n***a, or anything along those lines. No calling anyone outside of their name. 

Decisions will be made by the facilitator of the tournament.