Blackjack tournaments beatable?

[blah730235]

I recently heard about blackjack touraments and I did a google search and came across this web page

http://www.blackjackinfo.com/bjtourn-what.php

Seems pretty interesting, since your playing against other players not the casino it makes sense that you could get an edge. You are trying to outlast eveyone else at your table to advance to the next round.

If I remember correctly someone playing a sound blackjack strategy without card counting can get 99 cents of every dollar they put in at a normal blackjack table. And the gambelers/bad players like 70 cents of every dollar.

So it would seem a very basic strategy of bet the minimum and playing a sound blackjack game could give you a HUGE edge over your average field of gamblers in a tourament whom are getting 70% back on every bet and betting the maximum. Now combine this with some more advance strategies like looking at position & increaseing your bet sizing at crucial moments and you are really look at some good EV.

[nsidestrate]

chrisjp is something of an expert on this topic. You might want to ask him.

[holdemchick]

if it were that simple, players would just get blackjack softwares that played perfect basic strategy based on entering the current hands.

they loosen up the rules generally in the games against the other players.