Drove down to AC for a blackjack tournament tonight.
Played a mini-session: Won the first 6 handsI actually did not have any great hands except for the time I had Ace, 5 and dealt a 5. Otherwise, the dealer broke. Luckily, I pressed and picked up 1700 in those 6 hands and walked away (I could not talk myself into thinking the amazing shoe would continue). so, got back the 1200 I lost last week plus a nice lil' profit - Trip is +1700 with the Tournament later this evening
Tournament: the format was as follows:
Round 1 rules: No set # of people at the table...was basically play as you sign up - 10 hands - Betting follows the button - 10k in chips - 500 minimum bet - No maximum bet - Top 49 scores advance to Round 2
Results of Round 1: Had an insane table - Only one guy busted out - The dealer only won one hand (unfortunately for the guy who busted out, he was all in on that hand) - By hand 7 I had reached 65k in chips and decided to just bet the minimum the rest of the way - The other players at my table all seemed to think they did not have enough chips for making it to Round 2 even though the minimum they had was 90k - They started going all in and winning - ending up with insane scores of anywhere between 150k and 300k - Needless to say, all of us made it into Round 2
Round 2 rules: 7 tables of 7- players start with 25k in chips - 12 hands - 500 minimum - no maximum - prior to last hand the pit boss does a chip count - last hand is bet as a secret wager written on a slip of paper - winners of each table advance to the final round
Results of Round 2: I played very conservatively, only betting the 500 minimum - Naturally, I received 3 blackjacks during this conservative period - Everyone busted out at the table except for another guy and HE had 22k in chips, I had 29500 - On my secret wager I bet 14,600 - As the cards were dealt he asked me what I wagered and told him - He said he went all in - He was dealt an 18 - I was dealt a 20 - Dealer showed a Queen - Now, I might be wrong, but the only way for him to win at this point was for me to push and him to win...I think his best bet would have been to hit and hope for a 3 then hope for a dealer 20 - He stayed, I stayed, dealer had 20, he lost, I pushed - I won the table!!!
an aside...the table next to mine had a guy yelling (I know, it's normally me but not this time LOL ). A gentleman had 55k on the secret wager hand - the only other people at the table had 15k and 20k, respectively, there was no way for this guy to lose the table, even if both other players received blackjacks, all he had to do was bet the minimum - of course, he bet 30k, lost his hand and the guy that had 20k won his bet - the gentleman that "couldn't lose" became irate and yelled at the dealer for "not explaining the rules on how to bet" and eventually stormed off
Round 3 rules: 12 hands- 7 players- 25k in chips- 500 minimum- no maximum - chip count prior to last hand - last hand is a secret wager - First place: 25k; Second place: 10k; Third place: 7k; Fourth place: 3500; Fifth place: 2500; Sixth place: 1500; Seventh place: 500.
However, after much discussion, we all decided to chop the pot - Tournament over!!! 7 of us split 50k (the guy with the biggest chip total from the prior round got a beautiful glass trophy - not me)
Weekend was +8800 (including the tournament chop)