Pay particular attention to the long list of considerations that go into determining how best to play a given round, then understand that this list is only partial. Why was I “breaking the rules”? Part of the answer is contained in the article that follows, which was originally published in Blackjack Forum.

Several were shocked to see me do things that were different from what they’d read in Stanford Wong’s classic Casino Tournament Strategy. What was more interesting, though, were the questions from many who have played tournaments before. After reading about tournaments, and playing or observing a few, you’ll begin to get a basic understanding. It’s important to realize that playing a tournament often requires a strategy that’s vastly different from playing in a live game. I realize that for many, this was your first exposure to tournament play hence, much of what you saw looked strange. The airing of GSN’s first World Series of Blackjack brought a flood of e-mail and phone calls, much of it asking why I played the way I did.

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