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/2008-03-12/

Blackjack tournaments are becoming increasingly popular in land-based casinos and casino websites as well. Before you enter a casino or download one of the blackjack tournaments applications, you should know the basics of blackjack under tournament conditions.
In blackjack tournaments players are assigned to tables and begin to play with the same bankroll. Players will play blackjack over a specified period of time (or number of hands) and at the end, the player with the most amount of money is declared the table winner. Table winners then compete against each other until they end up with the finalists, who compete for the top prize.
Tournaments allow players to compete against all the other players, unlike traditional blackjack where players compete against the dealer. Playing in such a way makes the game much more exciting.
In blackjack websites players download advanced applications that allow them to play from their computer at their whim.
Tournament applications that exist at present time have two formats:
1. Elimination tournament – after every eight hands one player is eliminated from the table and, alas, the tournament is over for him.
2. Non elimination tournament- in this kind of tournament players compete against each other. Players try to gain the largest amount of money in each tournament’s round. In this format, players do not get eliminated



A new blackjack website that offers a free non-elimination tournaments download is www.get21.com. The new features offered by "Get21" offering are:
1. Insurance and Late Surrender – "Get21" permits insurance and late surrender.
2. Splitting and double - Players can double down any two cards that have the same value, including 10's value cards, double is allowed after splitting as well. Splitting is permitted for all cards, including 10’s value cards.
3. Quick Tournaments – Quick tournaments are, as their name implies- quick. They are defined by the number of hands, not by length of time, and are available in single-table and in Multi-table tournaments. The length of such tournaments is 5 to 10 hands.

The features offered by "Get21" allow people to play against other people in tournaments, even if they don't have enough time to engage in a full scale tournament.

By: Jannet Halfan
Article Source: http://www.articlesnatch.com

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