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RULES AND PLAYOFF INFORMATION

1. Kaiser rules shall apply - found within a standard deck of Kaiser cards copyright @ 1983 S. Gayowski. Produced under license by International Playing Card Company Limited, P.O. Box 188, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, N9A 6K1 (Copy attached)

2. Exception to the above rules as follows:

a) Penalty Points - as ruled in the above rules, penalty points shall be replaced with the following ruling. The trick containing the three of spades has three penalty points. If a team takes only one trick which contains the three of spades, it would count negative two (1 trick plus negative 3 points = negative 2 points). Taking two tricks with one containing the three of spades would count negative one, and three tricks with one containing the three of spades would count zero. If the five of hearts was also taken with any of the above examples, then just add five points to the net score.

b) Bidding - the minimum bid that can be made is six unless bidding no trump; when bidding no trump, the minimum bid is seven.

c) Misdeal - there shall be no misdeals, as tournament rules will be played, but with six as the minimum bid and not seven as stated in the rules.

d) Scoring at 47 points and over - delete from the rules, as each game will consist of four hands at each table; then players rotate to play another team. A round robin is to be played with accumulated points from each game of four hands recorded. The team with the highest accumulated total points upon completion of the round robin is the winner.

e) Tie breaker - upon completion of the round robin, if two teams are tied in total points, the team that scored the most points in the game involving the two tied teams is the winner.

f) If a card is exposed by accident while dealing, then the hand is re-dealt by the same dealer.

g) Competitors are encouraged not to hint-talk while playing.