How Do
You Play Elimination Blackjack Tournaments?
Elimination Blackjack combines the
traditional elements of blackjack and the strategies and competition
of poker, with a couple of exciting twists. First there are
the Elimination Hands. Whether you're a novice or a tournament
pro, the elimination format is simple. It's a 30-hand tournament,
during which the player with the lowest chip stack on hands
8, 16, and 25 is eliminated; in this type of blackjack, betting
strategy is critical. Second, there's the Secret Bet, which
gives players the option vital to the game of poker—the
option to bluff. Every player can make one Secret Bet per round.
This bet can be used at any time. The strategic advantage to
this twist is that no other player can see the amount you bet
until the end of the hand. Because other players formulate bets
based on what they see at the table, the Secret Bet can be used
tactically during a crucial Elimination Hand and can be a powerful
move when you must bet early, because you leave opponents no
option but to guess at what you have done. The Secret Bet gives
players an option that is familiar to poker tournaments—the
option to bluff!.
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Our Elimination Blackjack tournaments
are structured the same as poker tournaments, in that the price
you pay to play is the combined total of the buy-in and the
entry fee. The buy-in is for the prize pool while Bet21 keeps
the entry fee. The size of the prize pool depends on the number
of people playing in the tournament and will be paid out in
its entirety to the winners. Place-payment depth varies by tournament
structure.
Scheduled Elimination Blackjack Tournaments
These multi-table tournaments have
a fixed starting time and are pre-announced. If you want to
participate in one of these tournaments, you must register before
registration closes. The registration closing time will vary
from tournament to tournament, but it will always be announced
in advance in the Elimination Blackjack Lobby.
BlackJack / Beat the Dealer / 21
The basic premise of the game is that you want to have a hand
value that is closer to 21 than that of the dealer, without
going over 21. Other players at the table are of no concern.
Your hand is strictly played out against the hand of the dealer.
The rules of play for the dealer are strictly dictated, leaving
no decisions up to the dealer. Therefore, there is not a problem
with the dealer or any of the other players at the table seeing
the cards in your hand. Indeed, if you're playing at a shoe
game, the player cards are all dealt face up. In any event,
when you're just learning to play, don't hesitate to show the
dealer or other players your cards and ask questions.
In blackjack, the cards
are valued as follows:
An Ace can count as either 1 or 11, as demonstrated
below.
The cards from 2 through 9 are valued as indicated.
The 10, Jack, Queen, and King are all valued at 10. |
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The suits of the cards do not have any meaning in the game.
The value of a hand is simply the sum of the point counts of
each card in the hand. For example, a hand containing (5,7,9)
has the value of 21. The Ace can be counted as either 1 or 11.
You need not specify which value the Ace has. It's assumed to
always have the value that makes the best hand. An example will
illustrate: Suppose that you have the beginning hand (Ace, 6).
This hand can be either 7 or 17. If you stop there, it will
be 17. Let's assume that you draw another card to the hand and
now have (Ace, 6, 3). Your total hand is now 20, counting the
Ace as 11. Let's backtrack and assume that you had instead drawn
a third card which was an 8. The hand is now (Ace, 6, 8) which
totals 15. Notice that now the Ace must be counted as only 1
to avoid going over 21.
A hand that contains an Ace is called a "soft" total
if the Ace can be counted as either 1 or 11 without the total
going over 21. For example (Ace, 6) is a soft 17. The description
stems from the fact that the player can always draw another
card to a soft total with no danger of "busting" by
going over 21. The hand (Ace,6,10) on the other hand is a "hard"
17, since now the Ace must be counted as only 1, again because
counting it as 11 would make the hand go over 21.
Once all the bets are made, the dealer will deal the cards to
the players. He'll make two passes around the table starting
at his left (your right) so that the players and the dealer
have two cards each. The dealer will flip one of his cards over,
exposing its value. The players cards will be dealt face-up,
and the players are not allowed to touch the cards. Once the
cards are dealt, play proceeds around the table, starting at
the first seat to the dealer's left, also called first base.
Each player in turn indicates to the dealer how he wishes to
play the hand. The various player decisions are covered in their
own section below. After each player has finished his hand,
the dealer will complete his hand, and then pay or collect the
player bets.
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"Dealer stands on all 17s": This is the
most common rule. In this case, the dealer must continue to
take cards ("hit") until his total is 17 or greater.
An Ace in the dealer's hand is always counted as 11 if possible
without the dealer going over 21. For example, (Ace,8) would
be 19 and the dealer would stop drawing cards ("stand").
Also, (Ace,6) is 17 and again the dealer will stand. (Ace,5)
is only 16, so the dealer would hit. He will continue to draw
cards until the hand's value is 17 or more. For example, (Ace,5,7)
is only 13 so he hits again. (Ace,5,7,5) makes 18 so he would
stop ("stand") at that point. |
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Blackjack Bluebook II
Supersedes
the original 1997 edition of Blackjack Bluebook. This
2003 edition was expanded by 40% with several previously
undiscussed strategy concepts, many of which have scarcely
or never appeared in print, such as; the Magnificent 7
Hands. Interacting with Other Players' hands. Hi Card/Lo
Card. This may be perhaps the best blackjack book ever
written. "Blackjack Bluebook II" has things
that I have never seen in any other blackjack book. Did
you know that you can get an advantage in a six-deck game
by counting the number of ten cards? After two decks have
been dealt, you may have an advantage--and you will not
have to count anything for the rest of the shoe! Did you
know that if there is a hand with an inordinate number
of "babies" (low cards) compared to ten cards,
you also have an advantage for the remainder of the shoe?
Read it and reap. |
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Golden Touch Blackjack Revolution
If traditional card counting at blackjack
were easily learned from a book, the sales of blackjack
books (which number in the millions) would have created
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The fact that those blackjack books have only been able
to create such small numbers of expert blackjack players
is proof positive that advantage-play at blackjack is
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