Hi all! Great comments by everyone... good reading and information! In less than two weeks I am hosting a poker party, however after the two home tournaments I am having, I plan on having a blackjack tournament or two... I found out last week that there were a lot of Blackjack players that are into the tournaments... and thought I would offer a different twist while it was being held at my place. I have two great BJ tables from my www.fauxcasino.com website (which is on hold at the moment) and just have a lot of fun with friends. I did a search on the net and haven't found anything that comes close to "how to host a blackjack tournament" with rules, what to start with, how to play, how long it goes, how postions are made on where people sit at, what percentages go to first, second, third, etc... how many chips to start with, how long a usual game goes... I'm looking for ultimate guide to how to host a blackjack tournament and I'm hoping someone can point me in the correct direction or at least give me as much info as possible so that I can host this in style... Not looking for a strategy guide and how to play in position or what cards to look for but rather if I was a casino hosting this, how would I go about doing it accurately. Many Many Many thanks for your input and I look forward to your recommendations! Bjave :joker:
bjave Reachy recently held one and could give you good advice. TX sets em up all over in style and will give you more info than you'll know what to do with. If they don't jump in, I'll condense their recommendations. But, I defer to dem.
Keep your receipt.... bjava, I hope you keep your receipt for any equipment you may have purchased from the casino supply company you mentioned above. I have been buying casino supplies for my companies for over 20 years and the prices I saw listed at their site is higher than any supplier I have ever seen. PM me and I'll put you in contact with another supplier that can beat their prices (even with shipping included). As far as formats and rules for your home tournaments just PM me for those as well.
Another level My home game was only a small affair whereas TXtourplayer runs Blackjack Tournaments as a business so I'll defer to him. However I got all my equipment off eBay inc. shoe, shuffler, chips, cards and felt. As for the rules, starting chip stacks, etc, I went for 6 deck, S17, LS, and the rest; $1000 starting BR, 5-500 bet spread. Because most players had never played before I added regular chip countdowns and face down doubles for added tension. Cheers Reachy
Hosting blackjack tournament at home O.k., starting to get some comprehension of it, you've used some jargon I'm not familiar with S17, does that mean you had 17 rounds? LS stands for last man standing maybe? BR is Bringin and the spred means that they can bet between 5 and 500 per round. By having regular chip countdowns does that mean after every round everyone stated how many chips they had total? Love the idea of keeping the double down card unknown for the tension. I've seen on TV that they have added cards such as a "elimination" card where once picked, the person the next round with the fewest chips is eliminated.... and also a Burger King variation that had a "have it your way" chip where you could turn in one card any time in exchange for another card... are either of these two variations acceptable in a standard blackjack tornament? Thanks for your help- Tony
Sorry for the jargon S17 - dealer stands on 17 (H17 - dealer hits soft 17) BR - bankroll but bringin is close enough in this case LS - Late surrender I had 20 rounds and did a chip countown on hands 10, 15 and 19, and yes it means that the players stated their current BRs. As for the other variations I'd have to defer to my more experienced forum colleagues yet again. What I'd say is that you can introduce whatever rules you like into your own game. Cheers Reachy
Additional rules... bjava, here are a few of the smaller, but important rules to use at your in home tournaments. 1) Have the players keep their chips staked by denomination. 2) Do not allow them to stack on other denomination or hide chips. 3) Have player's use clear hand signals for all their actions, (Hit, Stand, DD, Surrender). 4) Have a set of written rules! 5) Set your prize money and number of places to be paid before play begins. 6) No one is allowed to leave the table once the tournament begins (until they are eliminated). 7) Deal the cards up for the players. This will help whoever your dealer is a lot. 8) Set a Min/Max. betting limit. and a set number of hands to play. 9) VERY IMPORTANT! Use different style chips then what you use for your poker tournaments (if possible).
