National Spades Players Association Tournament of Champions - RDU, NC

Get ready Raleigh-Durham North Carolina Area Spades Players to compete in this Tournament of Champions Qualifying Event for great prizes. The top 4 teams will also qualify for the NSPA Big Game Championship Tournament during the week of the "Big Game" in February 2025 in New Orleans!

Presented by 712 Vodka, this qualifying tournament consists of a full day of spades play featuring multiple rounds of fierce competition! You'll also enjoy food, beverages, door prizes, music, and socializing with spades players and celebrities from all over! (See Agenda)

Limited Entries are Available for this qualifying event so Register Today and get ready to compete! (Adults 21 and Older Only. )

1st Place Team

• 1st Place Medals
• (2) Complementary 7 Nights Resort Getaway Certificates *
• (2) Complementary Airfare plus 2-Nights Hotel for Two Certificates *
• (2) Complementary Hotel Savings Certificates*
• (2) Complementary Restaurant Certificates *
• (2) Premium Quality True Wireless Earbuds *
• (1) Team Entry for the 2024 NSPA National Championship Tournament!

2nd Place Team

• 2nd Place Medals
• (2) Complementary Airfare plus 2-Nights Hotel for Two Certificates*
• (2) Complementary Hotel Savings Certificates*
• (2) Complementary Restaurant Certificates*
• (2) Premium Quality True Wireless Earbuds *
• (1) Team Entry for the 2024 NSPA National Championship Tournament!

3rd and 4th Place Teams (each team will receive)

• (2) Complementary Hotel Savings Cards *
• (2) Complementary Restaurant Cash Value Vouchers *
• (1) Team Entry for the 2024 NSPA National Championship Tournament!

All Other Tournament Teams will Receive

• (2) Complementary Restaurant Certificates.
• Various other prizes and complementary certificates.

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NSPA General Tournament Rules

All NSPA Spades Tournaments are open to the public for adults 21 years of age or older. Each team must consist of two (2) players. The team who registers the most wins the first-place winner of the tournament.

THE DECK

- 52-card standard deck containing no Jokers.

- Ace will be the high card in each suit, and will follow accordingly: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, etc.

THE DEAL

- Cards will be dealt clockwise with a cut to the right.

- No French cutting.

- All 52 cards will be dealt to players with no kitty.

- There will be no surrendering of your hand because of the lack of spades, face cards, etc., a player must play each hand dealt.

BIDDING & PLAY

- Each individual will bid their own hand, starting with the dealer, and moving clockwise. The sum of your team player’s individual bids will be the bid for your team for that dealt hand.

- Minimum team bid of four (4) per hand. (No nil bidding.)

- Once the bids are recorded play will start with the first person on the left of the dealer.

- A player may lead with any suit they choose, but a player may not “cut” or “trump” a book unless they do not possess any cards of the lead suit.

- If a team catches another team “reneging”, then upon producing the exact book or trick that the infraction occurred, the team will be awarded three (3) of the other team’s books.

SCORING (Scoring will be based on multiples of 10 and -10.)

Example: Team XYZ bids 6 books

· If team XYZ gets 6 books or tricks, then their score for that hand would be 60.

· If team XYZ makes over their bid, let’s say in this case eight (8) books, then the teams score would be sixty (60) points for making their bid plus two (2) points for going two (2) over their bid for a total of sixty-two (62) points.

· If a team gets any amount under their bid (set), in this case 1,2,3,4, or 5 books, then the team gets -10 times their bid, or in this case -60. (Any Team with two (2) sets in a single game automatically losses that game.)

· If a bid of ten (10) is reached, then the team will get a bonus of 100 points added to their score at that point.

Registering Your Wins

This Tournament features a most wins format. A team must beat their opponent in their game to 300 points in order to register a win. Any Team with two (2) sets in a single game automatically losses that game. At the conclusion of each game, both teams sign the score sheet and a representative of the winning brings the sheet up to the registration table so that their win can be recorded. The winning team remains at their table and the losing team moves to another table to face another winning team. The team who registers the most wins in the allotted tournament time is the first-place winner of the tournament. If there is a tie in the number of wins, the two teams tied will play a 1-game playoff to determine the winner and finishing place. The team who registers the second most wins is the second-place winner, third most wins is the third-place winner, etc.

*Note: Talking across the table, passing cards, hand signals, or any other activity that constitutes cheating will not be tolerated and are grounds for immediate ejection.

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