Wednesday May1st 5:30-8pm
Please show up BEFORE 5:30 pm.
The tournament will start promptly at 5:30pm all participants will play all 5 games.
Please don't submit a new form if you need to change your partners name. Just let us know when you check in for the tournament.
Bring a deck of cards.
House Rules
· Select the first dealer of the game by dealing out cards face-up until
the first black jack is turned up; that person is the first dealer.
· The penalty for reneging (not following suit) is 2 points or a round of
drinks – determined by the opponent; four points if the opponent went alone.
· Card laid is card played unless it would result in a renege. In this
case, if caught before the next player plays their card, the card is pulled
back but left face-up on the table. Another card is played. The face-up card is
played on the next round unless doing so would result in a renege.
· Stick the dealer: the dealer must make trump if no trump declared after
second round of declaring.
· No redeals for "farmer's hands" or "bottoms.
Play nice: no table talk, no stealing the deal, dealer offers their
opponent a deck "cut."
Order of Play
·The tournament is Grand Prix style—you keep the same partner throughout.
·Teams are assigned a number. Maximum number of teams is 28. No entry fee.
Entry is first come-first served (starting with online signup).
·Games will not last longer than 25 minutes; each team will play 5
games. Do not start the next game until you hear the bell, we want
everyone starting the rounds at the same time.
·To start Team 1 plays Team 2, Team 3 plays Team 4….Team 19 plays Team 20
·Odd numbered teams stay at same table, even numbered teams move up to
next table – Team 1 plays Team 20, Team 3 plays Team 2….Team 19 plays Team 18.
·In the event there is an odd number of teams, the highest number team
will sit out the first round. In the second round the even numbered teams stay
at the same table and the odd teams move up to the next table. The next-highest
odd numbered team will sit out the second round.
·In a tournament with an odd number of teams a sixth round of games will
be played with those teams that have only played 5 games.
Scoring
·Each team will receive a scorecard to track their WINS, their POINTS, and
their OPPONENTS’ POINTS. Scores from each game are initialed by a player from
each team.
·Once a team wins 10 or more points the game is over.
·Games will not last longer than 25 minutes. If a game is not complete at
the 25-minute mark, the team with the most points is declared the winner. If
teams are tied, the win is awarded to the team that reached the tying point
first.
·The team with the most WINS is the tournament winner.
·TIE BREAKER 1: the team who had the greatest point differential (points
minus opponents’ points).
·TIE BREAKER 2: the team with the most points, total.
·HINT: Maximum points in a game is 13 (e.g. going alone with 9 points).
