Blackjack Tournaments

13 posts Published 2004 to 2007 Written by Ken Smith

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These posts are circuit reports, not strategy. The tournament strategy guide covers position, bet sizing, free hits and the final-hand math.

Blackjack Tournament Strategy

2007

2006

  • 15 February 2006

    WSOB Waiting game

    This is the week. Many players are anxiously eyeing the telephone this week hoping for a phone call from GSN's World Series of Blackjack.

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  • 29 January 2006

    Sheraton Tunica Tourney

    I'm just back from a blackjack tournament at the Sheraton Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. The venue was new, but the tournament was a familiar one.

2005

  • 9 November 2005

    Ultimate Blackjack Tour – Season One is a Wrap

    Well, the first season of the new Ultimate Blackjack Tour is a wrap. In a long but very exciting week, filming finished up in late October at CBS Studios in Los Angeles.

  • 16 October 2005

    Ultimate Blackjack Tour

    I'm just back from Vegas, where I participated in a new series of blackjack tournaments produced for TV. The new Ultimate Blackjack Tour adds some interesting twists to the usual formula of blackjack tournaments, and I think the new format will be…

  • 29 March 2005

    Million Dollar Blackjack on TV

    The Las Vegas Hilton's Million Dollar Blackjack II finals were held in May 2004. And, finally, the Travel Channel shows from almost a year ago will air starting this week.

  • 1 February 2005

    WSOB Show 2 synopsis ready

    My hand-by-hand synopsis of week two in the World Series of Blackjack on GSN is now posted, and it's available in time for you to use it to understand the rebroadcast of the show on Tuesday night (Feb 1st).

  • 26 January 2005

    Wow, what a show!

    The premiere episode of GSN's World Series of Blackjack lived up to all expectations, delivering an exciting and well-produced show. I stick with my comments made at the time; That tournament table featured some of the best play I've ever seen.

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