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goongas:
If you play basic strategy in a blackjack tournament the whole way, you will lose.  You have to do things like splitting 10s, double downing when you can bust, etc.  While I don't think it will be as interesting as poker, tournament blackjack, if done right, could be somewhat interesting, as some of the plays will be dramatic and counter basic strategy.

gameshowguy2000:
[quote name=\'goongas\' date=\'Jan 19 2004, 12:08 AM\'] If you play basic strategy in a blackjack tournament the whole way, you will lose.  You have to do things like splitting 10s, double downing when you can bust, etc.  While I don't think it will be as interesting as poker, tournament blackjack, if done right, could be somewhat interesting, as some of the plays will be dramatic and counter basic strategy. [/quote]
 Uh, I don't get how you can bust when doubling down. When you double down, you only get ONE additional card.

After getting that one additional card, you have to hope that the dealer either busts, or has a hand lower than yours. It's not rocket science.

clemon79:
[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jan 18 2004, 11:19 PM\'] Uh, I don't get how you can bust when doubling down. When you double down, you only get ONE additional card.
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Okay, Mr. Vegas:

Ler's say - and this is just a hypothetical situation, mind you, I don't want to overtax your brain by citing actual tournament situations - you elect to double when your hand is a hard 12 or larger. (I'm sure you're aware - being the blackjack genius you are - that many Vegas casinos do not limit your ability to double down to a count of 9, 10, or 11, but rather allow you to double on any two cards.) The dealer gives you your one single card, and it is a picture card. Please to be answering the following questions:

1) What is the numerical value of a picture card in the game of blackjack?

2) When that value is added to the hard 12 that this hypothetical hand was at when you doubled, what would that bring your hand to?

3) Would that total be considered "busting" in blackjack lingo?

You might want to use small words when you answer that third one. After all, some of us might have a hard time understanding your great wisdom when it comes to gambling parlance, and I want to be sure that I understood what you said when you explained it to me the first time.

(Let me know if you need help with the concept of "hard 12.")

JVatPSU:
4 Words:

World Series of Craps starring Christopher Walken played by Kevin Pollack.

Just think... Kevin Pollack's explanation of the game would take an entire segment!   :-)

-- JV
(the expert is some 74-year old guy from Hoboken whose drinking a Canadian Club and smoking a moneymaker (no pun to the 2003 WSOP champion) and swears that he doesn't know John Gotti personally).

Matt Ottinger:
[quote name=\'Brakus\' date=\'Jan 19 2004, 12:23 AM\'] Everyone here is like "Eww, why blackjack? That's a boring game! Not as exciting as poker! And hey, let's make fun of other card games that would be silly concepts for TV shows, like blackjack!" I thought we left all that immaturity back on ATGS. Too bad some things never change. [/quote]
 If you don't like it here, you're welcome to go back to Usenet.  In the meantime, please watch your choice of words on THIS forum, which is privately run (your post has been edited for content).  

Also keep in mind that when "everybody" disagrees with you, it's not a collective effort to persecute you and it's not that the entire world is close-minded.  It might just be that you're wrong.

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