Things You'll Need:
- Sixteen Teams of Two
- Eight Card Tables/Thirty-two Chairs
- Eight Deck of Cards
- Paper & Pins to Keep Score
- Tournament Grid (Included)
- Tournament Rules (Included)
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Step 1
Preparation
Decide your entry fee and prize payout. Also decide the times for the four rounds. I have attached a grid for you to update. I left in the information from my tournament for ideas. -
Step 2
Preparation
Create slips of paper labeled Team 1 - Team 16. Put into something so that one member from each team can draw a team number. -
Step 3
Participant Sign Up
Collect Entry fee and have participant draw a number. This is the table number you will assign them to on your grid -
Step 4
Distribute Tournament Rules
Spades Teams/Partners Tournament
RULES & REGULATIONS
BE ON TIME. You will be allotted 10 minutes to get to your seat. After 10 minutes you will
forfeit the game. No refund will be issued.
THE FIRST TEAM TO SCORE 250 POINTS IN 30 MINUTES WIN– If no one has reached 250
in 30 minutes the team with the highest scores win.
NO SWITCHING PARTNERS. If one of the team members is unable to play the team forfeits.
THE DEALER IS CHOSEN BY WHO PULLS THE HIGHEST CARD FROM DECK.
NO DISPLAYING/TURNING OVER OF CARDS. During the dealing or cutting process.
BOARD/MINIMUN BID IS FOUR
UNDERBIDDING/SANDBAGGING. A team is penalized by 100 point deduction for accumulating
ten or more sandbags/overages during the course of the game.
NO BLIND BIDDING
NO PASSING SPADES TO PARTNERS
NO THROWING YOUR HAND IN. No spades does not get you a redeal.
RENEGING. If you are caught reneging (not following the card suit when you have the suit) the other
team gets three of your books. These books will not count as sandbags for the other team.
NO CHEATTING – Spoken or by gesture. If cheating is suspected please inform
the tournament judge immediately. A 75 point penalty or termination
from the tournament is feasible.
Last Rule…Have Fun May the Best of Best Win -
Step 5
Monitor Tournament
