Dealt in Dallas for 20 years for casino nights. Came down to me and one other guy for last hand. On the Sun I played one twice and qualified as #2 seed. If your friend knows how to play BJ, he/she should enter. You are not playing against the house in a tournament, your playing against the other 5 at your table. I've never seen a rookie win, you have to practice chip management and know how to play BJ. I've always qualified with one or two entries, so for $15-30 your in. Usually for a $15 entry fee, you win $400-600. Still seven hands and highest chip count wins. Basic stuff.īJ tournament is different, 7 hands dealt, very strict rules about betting, lots of preliminary games to qualify, the six highest qualifiers at the end of the week, get on the final table. Dealer hits 16 or less, stands 17 or better. When playing regular Blackjack on the ship, same basic rules as any casino. NCL also gave bottles of wine to the top three finishers (unfortunately I was 4th). I didn't think many people played in the tournament yet the final pot was over $600 which is a pretty good return on $15. You simply go to the casino host desk and fill out a quick form to get a players card. NCL charged $50 for the tournament, but anyone with a Casino card only had to pay $15 to play. Also, it is possible to get screwed if you come in 2nd during your qualifying round but have more chips than the last finals qualifier.ĭuring the 4 or 5 qualifying opportunities, only about 3 or 4 rounds were played because of lack of players (I think they would have gone a full hour if they had more people) and often the last round or two had <7 players making it easier to win the round. For the finals only the 7 highest totals made it so obviously it makes more sense to play in one of the last qualifying rounds so you know what number you have to it. At the end of the 7 hand round, only the winner was added to the finals list.

At the qualifying time, 7 players played 7 hands of blackjack starting with a $2000 bankroll. On the Jade, NCL had several qualifying times before the finals held on the last sea day.

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