Blackjack Tournament - Casino du Lac-Leamy

Official rules: By email on request
web site: www.casinosduquebec.com/lacleamy/en/games/tournament

Black Jack rules of play:
  Number of decks: unknown (assumed to be 8), dealer hits
  s17: unknown, no surrender, blackjack pays 3/2,
  no double on black jack, double on any two other
  cards face up, 3 splits allowed (for a total of 4 hands),
  split aces receive 1 card each face up, otherwise,
  double after split is allowed.
  
Format: 3 rounds accumulation/elimination.
        Full tournament is 126 players.

8:30am: Welcome and free breakfast for 2

Round 1: Accumulation: 10am and 12pm
  - Each player plays two separate sessions of 14 hands each
  - $5000 bank roll, $25 min, $2000 max
  - Chip count after hand 12
  - Top 21 players advance based on combined accumulated
    totals of both sessions. Bank roll is reset to $5000 for
    the second session.

Round 2: Elimination: 3pm
  - 3 tables of 7 players each
  - $5000 bank roll, $25 min, $2000 max
  - 21 hands
  - Chip count after hand 19
  - Top 2 players at each table advance

Final Table: 4:30pm
  - 6 advancing players from round 2 plus one wild card
    draw winner
  - $5000 bank roll, $25 min, NO MAXIMUM
  - 21 hands
  - Chip count after hand 19

Comps:
  Meals: Free breakfast for 2
  Coupons: $30 gift voucher

- All prizes paid in cash in Canadian Dollars.
- Prizes are based on full turnout and will be adjusted if
  the tournament is not full.
- Winnings are tax free for Canadians. Not sure about others.