I haven't signed up here yet, but I see that BetCRIS is having a $25,000 prize pool blackjack tournament over the next days. DAILY QUALIFIERS PRIZES Dates: March 29th - April 1st 2006 Buy In: $15 Re-buys: $10 1st place:$800 + Final Round Entry 2nd place:$500 + Final Round Entry 3rd place: $300 + Final Round Entry 4th place: Finals Round free entry 5th place: Finals Round free entry 6th place: Finals Round free entry 7th place: Finals Round free entry 8th place: Finals Round free entry 9th place: Finals Round free entry 10th place: Finals Round free entry FINAL ROUND Dates: Sunday April 2nd 2006 Buy In: $20 Re-buys: $15 Champion's Prize:$9000 2nd place:$5000 3rd place: $2000 4th place: Hat + Polo Shirt 5th place: Hat + Polo Shirt 6th place: Hat + Polo Shirt 7th place: Hat + Polo Shirt 8th place: Hat + Polo Shirt 9th place: Hat + Polo Shirt 10th place: Hat + Polo Shirt Sounds interesting, particularly with the low entry fee amounts. Sign up at BetCRIS.
Downsides of BetCris Tournaments 1) Leaderboard contains just names, not scores, so you are shooting blind. 2) BetCris gives out lots of free entries for making deposits. 3) The last few times I checked on tournament results, the winning scores were extremely high, suggesting to me that not only are these tournaments a waste of time, but they are probably even negative ev.