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RULES & REGULATIONS NO CHEATING If you feel you have to cheat by passing signals, stacking the deck, or any other form of cheating to win playing Bid Whist, WE DON’T WANT YOU HERE! We feel that people who want to cheat to win tournaments are no better than a common thief trying to steal a wallet or pocketbook on the street. A cheater is trying to unfairly steal money from all of the players who contributed their entry fees. TOURNAMENT PROCEDURES
Each team is assigned a team number, which will be their team number for the duration of the tournament. All of the team numbers will be randomly drawn 2 at a time. Those two drawn numbers will be matched to play against each other in the 1st round of the tournament. (A round consists of a 4 hand game.) When your round is over, one member of your team
signs and turns in the SCORESHEET to the official. By signing, you are
verifying the accuracy of the SCORESHEET. Then one team will stay at their
table and the other team will move forward one table. The teams that move
are determined by random draw at the beginning of the tournament. It is
proper etiquette, that a member of the team that moves bring up the sheet.
The official then determines the top 16 teams (The Sweet 16), The Sweet 16 teams are determined by the teams with the most rounds won .If there is more than one team in 16th place, the team with the most total points earned during the 3 rounds will break the ties. (Remember, total points earned only comes into effect, if there are ties in the number of rounds won). The Sweet 16 teams are paired off in a bracket in the following manner. 1st vs. 16th, 2nd vs. 15th, 3rd vs. 14th, 4th vs. 13th, 5th vs. 12th, 6th vs. 11th, 7th vs. 10th, 8th vs. 9th. The official has the right to change these pairings in the case of an error in seating after play begins. The official also has the right to eliminate a team if they are not present to play their round. Teams will play a 1 game round (4 hands) to determine the Elite 8 teams. The winners of the Elite 8 round are paired off via the bracket, in a 1 game round become The Final Four. The Final Four are paired off via the bracket. Then the winners of the Final Four pairings play for 1st & 2nd Place, and the losers of the Final Four parings play for 3rd & 4th Place. Note: If the number of teams participating is from 64 to 127, then our playoffs will consist of the top 32 teams. If the number of teams participating is 128 or more, then our playoffs will consist of the top 64 teams. PLAYING THE ROUND: Each round consists of 4 hands. At the end of the 4th hand, the total scores you earned for the 4 hands are added and the winner of that round is determined by the scores. (Example: If on the first hand your team just makes their 4 No bid, your team earns 8 points. Please note that the game is not over because you still have 3 hands remaining in the round. The winner of the round is not determined until all 4 hands are played). If after the 4 hands have been played, and each team has earned the same number of points, a tiebreaker hand will be played to determine the winner of that round). Note: Points earned in the tiebreaker hand will not count toward the team’s total score. The tiebreaker hand is only used to determine the winner of that particular round. THE DEAL The bid goes around the table only once starting with the player to the left of the dealer. The bid may range from 4 – 7 points. When you bid designate your bid with one of the following 3 suffixes. (Uptown, Downtown, or No Trump) Be sure to count your cards before playing the hand. Uptown: Means you
intend to name a trump, and that high cards will win. BIDDING YOUR HAND No Trumps Bid: When bidding a No trump. you do not indicate which direction (uptown or downtown), until you win the bid. In a no trump bid the jokers are nil, (of no value, cannot win a book.) and must be played the first time that you do not have any cards of the suit led. Failure to do so results in a renege. PLAYING YOUR HAND At the end of the hand, the books are counted. Points are awarded to teams making points as described earlier. The team taking the bid, must make at least as many points as their bid or they will be set, and the opposing team will be awarded the points of their bid. (Example: If my team won the bid with a 5 uptown, and we only made 4 points (the kitty and 9 other books), we would have failed our bid and the other team would be awarded 5 points. On the other hand if we make 6 books (the kitty plus 11 other books, on our 5 bid), we will earn a total of 6 points for that hand. If your team is set the opposing team will only get the value of the bid, they cannot make extra books on your hand. No Trumps Hand: In a No trump hand, every thing doubles. If we make the bid we earn double the points , if we do not make the No trump bid, the opposing team gets double the points of our bid.
RENEGES & ERRORS
PAY ATTENTION: You cannot ask what trumps is, what led, or who played what, after the 1st card has been played to the board. (You may look at the scoresheet to determine trumps).
The Tournament Director Is The
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