The winner of the final round receives the lion’s share of the prizes.

Every tournament player starts with the same bankroll, and after playing a specific number of hands, the player with the most chips advances to play other table winners.

In blackjack tournaments, you are competing against other players.

Anyone can get lucky and win a tournament however, to improve your chances of winning, you need to develop specific tournament skills, which I will review later. You should instead consider the traditional elimination tournaments for small stakes (mini-tournaments) that are held in many casinos throughout the country.

If you’re a tournament beginner, I wouldn’t recommend the Live-Money tournaments, or the non-elimination tournaments.

Sit ’n’ Go tournaments have been popular on Internet sites that offer blackjack tournaments.

These are continuously running tournaments that begin once six players have been assembled. There usually is an entry fee to play in the tournament, and if you get eliminated in the first (and sometimes second) round, you can re-buy and re-enter by paying another fee. Most tournaments are open to the public others are by invitation only. The following table compares what you already know - playing blackjack - to what you might not know - playing blackjack in a tournament. Therefore, in tournament play you not only have to play your cards against a dealer’s upcard but you have to keep an eye on your opponents’ bankrolls so you know if you are ahead or behind in chip count as the round progresses. If that is more than your fellow opponents, you will advance. For example, suppose you have a starting bankroll of 5,000 chips and end up with only 500 chips at the end of the round. You don’t need to “win” a lot of chips to advance in a tournament. Bottom line: Your goal is to have more chips at the end of a round than your opponents. Nevertheless, it’s the goal of every tournament player to want to finish “in the money,” meaning making it to the final table. The latter usually receives the lion’s share of the prizes while the other finalists receive less. (Sometimes the top two players with the most chips advance.) The initial large field of players is eventually whittled down to a final table of six (or seven) players who play a final round to determine the overall tournament champion. The player with the most chips at the end of the round (which consists of a designated number of hands) wins and advances to play other table winners. You and your opponents start with the same bankroll and play the same number of hands. When you play in a blackjack tournament, you are competing against other players rather than the casino dealer.

How do blackjack tournaments work