Elimination Blackjack" strategy guide

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Elimination blackjack strategy? One of the biggest TV success of the season, the Ultimate Blackjack Tour, presents a new Blackjack Tournaments formula: Elimination Blackjack. If you want to play this game, the best place on the net is UltimateBet. Just a few rules changes, have created a new concept. Let's see the differences beetwen Elimination Blackjack and classic Tournaments:

1. In preliminary tournament rounds, each player starts with $25,000 in play chips, which is also the maximum bet. The minimum bet is $500. At the final table, each player starts with $100,000 in play chips, which is also the maximum bet. The minimum bet for the final table is $1,000.
2. Each player has 25 seconds to make a decision. The timer will start to count down when you only have ten seconds left to act. On Elimination Hands, players have 45 seconds to make a decision.
3. Hands 8, 16, and 25 are Elimination Hands, at the end of which the player with the least amount of chips is eliminated.
4. Each player has one Secret Bet that can he can use at any time during the round.

For most of the time use our strategy and follow our tips, but for the biggest changes, the 3rd and 4th rule (the three Elimination Hands and the Secret Bet), let's see some little strategies for these new rules.

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Elimination Hands and Secret Bet strategy

Always remember that no matter how many players a round begins with, at least one player must be eliminated on each Elimination Hand. Even if a player has been eliminated on a hand prior to an Elimination Hand, one player must still be eliminated on hands 8, 16, and 25. The Elimination style whittles the competition down, often making the game end in a heads-up confrontation, similar to poker tournaments. And also always remember thatevery player can make one Secret Bet per round. This bet can be used at any time. The strategic advantage to this twist is that no other player can see the amount you bet until the end of the hand. Because other players formulate bets based on what they see at the table, the Secret Bet can be used tactically during a crucial Elimination Hand and can be a powerful move when you must bet early, because you leave opponents no option but to guess at what you have done. The Secret Bet gives players an option that is familiar to poker tournaments—the option to bluff!

Use the Secret Bet, because once you've placed the Secret Bet, you can disguise every other decision made for the rest of that particular hand, except hitting and splitting. Any other bet or playing choice—double down, surrender, stand, or insurance wager—can be done secretly in order to make the other players unaware of your strategy. Yes again, you can bluff, so use the Secret Bet when you feel it's necessary and don't let it waste. And now enjoy!