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🃏 Spades Tournament Rules
Card Order (Highest to Lowest)
- Big Joker (highest)
- Little Joker
- Deuce of Spades (2♠)
- Ace of Spades (A♠)
- King of Spades (K♠)
- Queen of Spades (Q♠)
- Jack of Spades (J♠)
- 10♠ down to 3♠
- All other suits (A down to 2, non-spades)
Teams
- Games are played with 4 players per table.
- Standard Teams: 2 players sign up together as partners.
- Single Players: If you register solo, you’ll be paired with another single player for fairness.
Gameplay Basics
- Partnerships sit across from each other.
- The dealer shuffles and deals 13 cards to each player.
- Spades are always trump. You can’t lead with spades until a spade has been “broken” (played in response to another suit).
- Players must follow suit if possible. If not, they may play a spade or any other card.
Bidding (The Contract)
- After dealing, each player declares how many “books” they expect to win.
- Team bids are combined (ex: Player A bids 4 + Player B bids 3 = Team contract of 7).
- The minimum bid per player is 1 (only one blind nil is allowed in this tournament).
Scoring
- Make your contract: 10 points per book bid.
- Overbooks (extra books beyond your contract): +1 point each.
- Fail to make contract: -10 points per book bid.
- First team to reach the target score (ex: 250 or 300, depending on round length) wins.
Tournament Flow
- Round 1: All registered teams will be seated randomly.
- Single players will be paired and play as a team for the duration of the tournament.
- Advancement: Winners from each table advance to the next round.
- Games continue in bracket format until the final table.
Final Table
- The top two teams face off.
- Winner takes the Crypto Prize Pot, paid out instantly on blockchain.
Conduct
- Respect your partner, opponents, and the rules.
- No reneging (failing to follow suit when able).
- Tournament judges have the final say on disputes. efficiency.