Elimination Blackjack
May 13, 2007 - Peter Persson
Elimination Blackjack is a tournament format of blackjack and is played in various casinos. It combines the game of blackjack with elements of No Limit Texas Hold'Em.
Elimination Blackjack is played on the Ultimate Blackjack Tour. UltimateBet.com, a sponsor of the Ultimate Blackjack Tour, offers online elimination blackjack tournaments.
Elimination Black jack Rules
A round of Elimination Blackjack in most cases is 30 hands in length. Depending upon the organzation hosting the event, a player will start with between $10,000 and $100,000 worth of chips. While certain organzations have their own house rules, Elimination Blackjack usually follows the following rules:
The house must hit on soft 17 and anything below, and must stay on hard 17 and anything above.
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).
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.
A player can only double down with two cards.
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 organzations, this option can be used only once during any round of the tournament.
Eliminations
Depending on the organization hosting the event, a player is eliminated from the tournament in two ways:
By losing all his chips, or
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").
Winning Elimination Blackjack
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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