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Tacos & Tableswith Good Company

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

Sponsored by HappiTime, NotCho' Taco and DJ Stixx

Pop-up vendor: Extra Babez Accessories · Always extra, never basic.

Register

Closes Monday, October 19

How are you playing?

One of these two, so we can reach you about the bracket:

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 19.

How the night runs

5:00 PM

Doors open. Check in, grab tacos from the NotCho’ Taco truck parked outside, pick a suit at the bar (four signature cocktails, one per suit), and find your table. DJ Stixx is on all night, and Extra Babez Accessories has a pop-up in the room, so shop between hands. Not an In Good Company member? It’s $5 at the door.

6:00 PM

First deal, on the dot, across 4 tables. Single elimination: 8 teams, three rounds, lose a game and you’re out of the bracket. Solo players are paired up at check-in.

The final

Semifinal and final are best of five hands; the whole thing runs about two hours. The bracket is capped at 8 teams; after that, you’re on the waitlist.

Prize: Cash prize for the winning team.

Four suits, four cocktails

One signature drink for every suit in the deck, on the menu all night. Order by name or just point at the card.

  • Ace of Spades

    Gin, pomegranate and blue curaçao shaken hard over ice, finished with a cherry.

    Gin · pomegranate juice · blue curaçao · lime · maraschino liqueur

  • Clover Club

    The pre-Prohibition classic: gin, lemon and raspberry, clear and pink, with dry vermouth underneath.

    Gin · fresh lemon · rich raspberry syrup · dry vermouth

  • Ruby Diamond

    Gin split with mezcal, a ruby aperitif, lemon and a splash of blood orange. Smoke, then bitter, then bright.

    Gin + mezcal · Cappelletti · lemon · blood orange

  • Have a Heart

    London dry gin, Swedish punsch and lime with pomegranate grenadine, served up in a Nick & Nora.

    London dry gin · Swedish punsch · fresh lime · pomegranate grenadine

Tournament rules

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

  1. Registration closes Monday, October 19.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. Single elimination.8 teams, three rounds. Lose a game and your night at the table is over; the bar is still open.
  5. 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.
  6. Games are best of three hands.The semifinal and the final are best of five hands.
  7. Bidding is required on every hand.
  8. No nils.Nil and blind nil bids are not allowed.
  9. Board bid (4 books) minimum each hand.
  10. Total team bids must equal 13.The two teams' bids on a hand add up to 13 books.
  11. Sandbags cost you the game.Three sandbags in a single hand, or five total over the game, is an automatic loss.
  12. Reneging loses the hand.
  13. A misdeal gets one re-deal.Each re-deal after that is a 2-book penalty.
  14. Shit talking welcome. Arguments, violence, and disrespect are not.Any unscrupulous behavior ends with team forfeiture.
  15. 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.