PTSA Spades Tournament

Spades rules

Game Play 

  1. Joker (Color) Joker (black n white) Deuce (of diamonds) Deuce (of spades)
  2. Team with the most wins by the cutoff time takes the pot
  3. Best 3 out of 5 hands, wins
  4. First Team to 7 Books wins the hand
  5. Spades must be broken before they can be led unless you have all spades left
  6. Winning any hand during any match with a Boston is not game

 

Dealing

  1. First Diamond deals to start a new game
  2. Straight cut, straight deal
  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. Players can NOT pick up their hand until the dealer is finished dealing.
  7. 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 your team forfeits the game)
  2. Reneges must be called as soon as its 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

 

 

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
  4. One person from each team must record the score
  5. No Blinds
  6. No Nil
  7. No Bags
  8. No bidding