This gives a big advantage to the players being seated in the late rounds because they will have a pretty good idea of what score they have to beat to make the top 7 scores to move to the final round. The top 7 scores advance to the final round.

And again and again until all the tournament participants have played. This gives an advantage to the third base player because he/she will always play last during each hand and can make a last minute decision on whether to play aggressively or play it safe depending on how the other players before him/her did.Īfter the first table finishes, another 7 players will be seated and the same thing happens. So the player sitting at the first base chair always gets dealt first and the player at third base get dealt last during each hand. Again the CDs are running this and they are not hard core about it. There is no rotation on who gets dealt first during each hand for the tournaments that I have seen. I am pretty sure you can split and double after splits as well. There is no surrender, no insurance, and blackjack pays 2:1. There is a minimum and maximum bet that can be made-I think the cap is lifted during the last hand. They are given a set of chips at the start ($500).

7 players at a time will seat and play 6 hands. One table is set aside at the prescribed time for the tournament. It is hosted by the Cruise Director who also is the dealer (for the times I have played). Blackjack tournaments are not run like conventional tournaments.

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