Last Friday I was playing in the Blackjack Attack tournament at the Gold Coast in Las Vegas. It's a weekly tournament with a $25 buy-in and $2,500 prize pool. Not a lot of prize money, but a good way to get some real-life tournament experience without much risk.
The tournament game is double-deck, with the cards dealt face up. One of the players at my table starting hitting his hand -- I can't remember what he started with -- and soon five aces had appeared. By the time the dealer was through, eight cards formed a jagged line from the player's betting spot to the chip tray. The total, of course, was 21.
I'm as sure as I can be that it was the first eight-card hand I'd ever seen in about nine years of playing blackjack.
The amazing thing, of course, was that the hand was dealt to a player. Usually -- or at least it seems -- multi-card hands totaling 21 show up on the dealer's side of the table, usually when I have 20 or 21.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
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