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LibertyCon 21

The Souths Friendliest Science Fiction Convention
July 11-13, 2008
 

LibertyCon Spades Tournament

(Some of you may wonder why a Spades Tournament has its own page. In that  case, you obviously don't play. Personally, I think it deserves its own  convention!)

Do you want a challenge? Do you think you're a good card player? Do you think  you can pay with the Big Boys? Well, prove it wimp! Sign up for the Championship Killer Cutthroat Spades Tournament of the Known Universe.

Join the FEW, the PROUD, the CHAMPIONS! To sign up, just contact Tim Bolgeo  (tbolgeo@att.net) and he will enter your name in the roll of honor as a player in the Championship Killer Cutthroat  Spades Tournament of the Known Universe. And if your good enough to win the Tournament, you will receive a free membership to the next LibertyCon so that  you can come back and defend your Title.

I have included the tournament rules for you to look over below. Give it a try.



KILLER CUTTHROAT SPADES TOURNAMENT OF THE KNOWN GALAXY RULES!

  • Spades are always trumps.
  • Determining who deals and who keeps score:
    • The cards are dealt out face up. The person receiving the first Jack will  deal the first hand.
    • The person sitting directly across from the person who "wins the deal" will  keep score.
  • The person to the right of the dealer cuts the cards.
  • The person to the left of the dealer bids first.
  • The person to the left of the dealer leads the first trick. Spades cannot be led until they are "broken."
  • Scoring
    • If you make your bid exactly, it is worth the number of tricks bid X 10. Ex. You bid 3 and make 3, you get 30 points.
    • If you do not win enough tricks to make your bid, you go set and it is worth  the number of tricks bid X 10 X (-1). Ex. You bid 3 and make 2, you go set -30 points.
    • If you take tricks in excess of what you bid, each over trick is worth 10  points off of your score. Ex. You bid 3 and make 4, you get 30 points -10 points for 20 points.
    • Nil bids
      • If you bid 0 and take 0 tricks, it is worth 100 points.
      • If you bid 0 and take 1 or more tricks, it is worth -100 points (set).
    • The game is ended when one of the players passes 250 points and is not tied with another player. Ex. Player number 1 has a score of 260 points, he wins the  game if no ties or exceeds this score.
  • If a person is caught reneging (not following suit when he/she has a card of that suit in his/her hand during the play of a trick) by another player on the  table, the person who reneges goes set for his/her bid and all of the rest of the players on the table make their bid.
  • The Winner of each game will go on to the next round of competition. The names and scores of each winner must be reported to the head of the cards  tournament or to his assistant at the end of each game.
  • In the event that one of the winning players of a round will be unable to  play the rest of the tournament, the head of the spades tournament, Mark Paulk, will assign an alternate to complete the competition.
  • In the case of disagreements, the head of the spades tournament, Mark Paulk, will make the decision. His decision is final.

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