Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
First off, thank you for posting this very long and detailed account of your tournament. I enjoyed reading it.
And of course I'm always happy when a radio listener decides to jump feet first into posting on this sometimes obnoxious forum.
I do have a few comments/questions for you, though:
1) What are your complaints of shadiness? If I read it correctly, it's the addition of no-chip-touching, no deal making, and blocking view of the final 2 tables -- even though none are in the rules, right?
2) Regarding the no-chip-touching, I don't see that as so bad. As someone else pointed out, there were likely complaints, and other players felt it was unfair to them. I can understand this on-the-fly rule change.
3) Regarding the no deal making, I actually understand that, given the extra prize for winning both events. Deal-making circumvents that requirement to some extent, so again, I feel the casino has the right to disallow that, even if not explicitly mentioned in the printed rules.
4) Regarding the final-table-blockade: Again, this was understandable in order to keep things fair.
Unless I'm missing something, I don't think they did much wrong.
Props to you for figuring out correct blackjack tournament strategy so quickly, though.