Well, I was about $150 shy of making the final table and placing in
the money yesterday. A frustrating improvement over the March
Tournament. My wife was playing well and had the lead in the second
round, but someone popped a blackjack on the final hand with their
stack out. She doubled up her 13 and won, but it wasn't enough.
Yes, there is luck here, but there is also advantage. It is
interesting that at least one third of each table I played at either
didn't have a firm grasp of blackjack BS, made BS adjustments at
times it wasn't necessary for them, or just plain made really poor
bets and self destructed. I played in 2 first round(I rebought)
tables where top 3 advance to next round,and on both tables very
strong chip leaders who would have been guaranteed to advance to the
next round if they just bet the minimum put their stack out on the
final hand. A distant 4th on the rebuy, I was able to capitalize on
the mistake the second time it happened.
One of my dealers was weak, to my detriment. It was a little better
organized than March, but it is still a long day. They really need
more space. Maybe if they held the whole thing upstairs in one of
the function rooms rather than in the casino?
Chandler