Blackjack Tournament at the Grand-Paid Parking

Hello, my son Scott will be going for the third time to the Grand thursdays blackjack tournament this July.

Question, since he'll be staying at the Rampart during this time will they stamp his parking ticket to park at the Grand since he's playing in the blackjack tourment? Prior days he was staying downtown and just walked over.

Thank you for any help you can provide.

Lolly Fegley 

No free parking for playing the tournament. But all he has to do is play $50 through a machine and parking is free.

Perfect, thanks Anthony!

How does one play a blackjack tournament? What are the rules of play? And what is the proper stratagy?

A million years ago I entered what was advertised as a slot tournament (with the usual 3 nights, etc.) that turned out to be half slot play and half blackjack.  I had never played BJ in my life but fortunately had read up on it a little.  Here is how this one was done:

We were pre-assigned in teams of 6 people, had colored T-shirts identifying us as a team, etc.

We played two sessions of slot play, everyone's points added together.  Two sessions of BJ, every table player's points added for the team.  

The teams that ended with the most points (slots + blackjack), each player on those teams got money (not huge, maybe $200 each for 3rd place, $400 for second, $500 for first).

I certainly can't recall any rules at the time.  It was more like a carnival.  I had panicked since I was the only female on the team and not experienced.  But as that turned out I did well/sometimes better than the men.  Our team didn't win money but it was fun.

But my point is:  How does one play a blackjack tournament?  That's the only way I know of, each table was a team and the team ending with the most 'points', each person got paid.  Oh, oops, major point:  we were playing with special tournament chips, not our own money.  That's why it didn't hurt so much not to win.

Candy

One thing you absolutely have to realize is that you have to fulfill the conditions to win your table/advance to the next round, and that can often force you to make some utterly ridiculous-looking plays that make sense in context. Here's an example: only the winner of your table will advance to the next round. The table maximum is $500. You have $2000 and the player to your left has $2400. No one else at your table has more than $500.

You bet $500 and the player to your left also bets $500 (bet-matching BTW is a fundamental strategy in such situations). You get dealt a hard 18 and the player to your left gets dealt a hard 19. I won't even tell you the dealer's upcard--it doesn't matter. Do you see what you have to do? Do you see why?

Double and pray.

 Kevin ,

Is there an online game to practice with?

Not that I'm aware of. I kind of doubt it, because the programmer would have to know what is a pretty arcane strategy. And there would have to be enough demand for that strategy to induce such a person to write and publish it. And if they did, it would have to be programmable for all different tournament conditions.

I recommend a more low-tech approach. Get some poker chips. Get a deck of cards. Get some pizza and beer. Invite some friends over. Have a blackjack tournament!

Good news, you got a 3!