Fresh Decks Spades Tournament - Season 2: Fall Edition

We're back on Sunday, October 25th from 12-5pm for an old-fashioned Spades Tournament! Inspired by any respectable family gathering♠ ♠️🃏SPADES TOURNAMENT🃏♠️♠️ The Setup! 8 Teams to compete for a CASH PRIZE Teams of 2 Team Registration: $40 per team Free Agent Registration: Purchase a $10 FREE AGENT ticket. On the day of the tournament, you will be matched with a partner. Once matched, you and your partner will pay the remaining TEAM fee ($10 each) Tournament Style: 3 Rounds of Play A fresh deck of cards supplied by venue Doors open at 12:00 PM & Tournament starts PROMPTLY at 1:00PM Too intense to play? Feel free to spectate and enjoy the shenanigans for $10! Your general admission ticket includes 1-beverage and 1 Raffle Ticket Don't know how to play?? Come learn to play at the JUDGEMENT-FREE Trainer's Table. 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒Family-Friendly We will be hosting the tournament in the 2nd Floor 🌳Treehouse for the ultimate at-home vibes! Kids are FREE! - RSVP only. There will be 90s nostalgia, light snacks and beverages, and raffles throughout the event!!🌮Food: Black & Brown-Owned🥤Drinks: BYOB ♠️ATTENTION TEAMS - Gameplay Rules♠️ Spades can be played many ways! To have UNITY during the tournament, there are a set of gameplay rules for all teams to follow. Review all of the rules before registering for the tournament. 🃏Card Rank 1. Big Joker 2. Little Joker 3. 2 of Diamonds 4. 2 of Spades 5. Ace of Spades ♠️Dealing · Deal clockwise to the left · Cut to the right of the dealer · Deal cards FACE DOWN · No Spades in hand? REDEAL!!! 🃏Bidding · First hand bids itself · Team opposite dealer bids first · Blind 6 ONLY when down 100+ pts · Sandbags counted as points 🚩Penalties · Reneging will cost the team 3 books · Talking over the board about strategy or to confirm who threw a card will cost the team 1 book · If there is a penalty, GET THE REF to settle! 🏆Scoring & Winning · Use the provided score sheet · One person keeps the score · Sandbags are counted if a team overbids · REF checks scoring at the end of each round (First Round, Semifinals, Finals) · The team who reaches 400 points first or has the highest score after 45 minutes will move on to the next round. ♠️Taking Breaks · Unless there is an emergency, players take breaks between hands and rounds. This will maximize gameplay time and help players keep track of which cards are played by who.