TV Blackjack Tournament Rules
The World Series of Blackjack on GSN and the Ultimate Blackjack Tour
on CBS have made a few unusual modifications to normal Blackjack tournament
rules in order to reduce the boredom level during the early rounds of
the tournaments.
World Series of Blackjack Tournament Rules (WSOB,
WSOBJ)
- Six decks, S17, DAS, LS.
- Knockout Card:
A special card is shuffled into the deck and when it is dealt during
a round the player with the lowest total chip value is eliminated from
that round. If a player is eliminated prior to the knockout card appearing
then no one else is eliminated.
- Power Chip:
This is a special chip given to each player at the start of each game.
When a player uses the Power Chip they get to exchage one of their cards
for the next card in the shoe. If a player uses the Power Chip when
they double down, the player gets to pre-view the next card in the shoe
and decide if they want to keep that card or if they want to take a
chance on the next card in the shoe.
- Second Chance:
This rule allows two players that did not qualify for the Wildcard games
a chance to sit at the tables. Each Wildcard game has 4 players that
finished second at their respective table. This means there is a fifth
open seat at each Wildcard game. These seats will be filled by a draw
in which each player that finished 3rd, 4th or 5th will have a chance
at winning. Each 5th place finisher gets 1 ticket, 4th place gets 2
tickets and 3rd place gets 3 tickets put into the draw. The two lucky
players that are drawn will get to fill the open seats at the Wildcard
games.
(from http://blackjackworldseries.net/wsob-rules.php)
Ultimate Blackjack Tour Tournament Rules (UBT)
- Six decks, S17, DAS, LS.
- 30 Rounds
- At the final table, each player starts with $100,000. Min bet is $1,000,
max bet is $100,000.
- Actoin starts at the button and rotates clockwise each hand.
- Each player has 25 seconds. On elimination hands, 45 seconds.
- There are forced eliminations on hands 8, 16 and 25 where the player
with the least chips is eliminated.
- Each player has one Secret Bet they can make at any time.
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