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Tacos & Tableswith Good Company

When
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Doors 5:00 PM, first deal 6:00 PM
Entry
$20 per player, plus $5 non-member entry at the door
Format
16-team double elimination, 21+
Register your spot

Sponsored by HappiTime, Tacos Valentina, NotCho' Taco and DJ Stixx

Register

Closes Monday, October 12

How are you playing?
Due after you registerPlus $5 per non-member at the door$40

Your details go to HappiTime and the night’s hosts to run the bracket and match your payment. Spots are confirmed when the entry fee lands; unpaid registrations are released after October 12.

How the night runs

5:00 PM

Doors open. Check in, grab tacos from the NotCho’ Taco truck parked outside, get a drink, and find your table. DJ Stixx is on all night. Not an In Good Company member? It’s $5 at the door.

6:00 PM

First deal, on the dot, across 8 tables. Double elimination: lose once and you drop to the losers’ bracket, lose twice and you’re out. Solo players are paired up at check-in.

The finals

Semifinal and grand final are best of five hands. The bracket is capped at 16 teams; after that, you’re on the waitlist.

Prize: Cash prize for the winning team.

Tournament rules

Read them before you register. Table captains enforce them as written.

  1. Registration closes Monday, October 12.Entry is $20 per player, paid in advance; a team of two pays $40. Non-members of In Good Company also pay a $5 entry at the door.
  2. Card ranking: Big Joker, Little Joker, Ace of Spades, King of Spades.In that order, highest to lowest.
  3. Dealing starts promptly at 6:00 PM.Be checked in and seated at your table before the first deal.
  4. Every game has a 30-minute limit.If the score is tied when time is called, the final hand is played out and decides the game.
  5. Games are best of three hands.The semifinal and the grand final are best of five hands.
  6. Bidding is required on every hand.
  7. No nils.Nil and blind nil bids are not allowed.
  8. Board bid (4 books) minimum each hand.
  9. Total team bids must equal 13.The two teams' bids on a hand add up to 13 books.
  10. Sandbags cost you the game.Three sandbags in a single hand, or five total over the game, is an automatic loss.
  11. Reneging loses the hand.
  12. A misdeal gets one re-deal.Each re-deal after that is a 2-book penalty.
  13. Shit talking welcome. Arguments, violence, and disrespect are not.Any unscrupulous behavior ends with team forfeiture.
  14. Issues that can't be handled civilly go to the referee.If it still can't be resolved, the referee has sole discretion on the final decision.