How
It Works:
Elimination
Blackjack is a tournament format of blackjack
invented by Russ
Hamilton and is played in various casinos.
It combines the game of blackjack with elements of No Limit Texas
Hold'Em. Elimination Blackjack is played exclusively on
the Ultimate
Blackjack Tour. UltimateBet.com, a sponsor of the Ultimate
Blackjack Tour, offers online elimination blackjack
tournaments.[1]
A
round of Elimination Blackjack in most cases is 30 hands in
length. Depending upon the organization hosting the event, a
player will start with between $10,000 and $100,000 worth of
chips. While certain organizations have their own house
rules, Elimination Blackjack usually follows the following
rules:
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The
house must hit on soft 17 and anything below, and must
stay on hard 17 and anything above.
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A
player may split pairs up to four times (with the
exceptions of aces).
-
A
shoe of six decks is used.
-
A
player's bet must stay within the min/max bet allowed at
the table (this rule is excluded in the World Series of
Blackjack).
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A
player may surrender their hand, and recover one half of
their original bet.
-
A
player may buy insurance if the up card for the house is
an ace.
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A
player can only double down with two cards.
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A
max of seven players is allowed per table.
Some
organizations allow a "Secret Bet" where the
players at the table do not know the value of that player's
bet, until after that player's hand is concluded. In most
organizations, this option can be used only once during any
round of the tournament.
Depending
on the organization hosting the event, a player is
eliminated from the tournament in two ways:
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By
losing all his chips, or
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By
being the player with the fewest chips after a certain
number of hands are played. In this case, the usual
cutoff points are hands #8, #16, and #25 (called
"elimination hands").
Usually
the last player left at the table is the winner, or the
player with the most chips after 30 hands have been played.
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