Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas NV:
Million Dollar Blackjack Tournament III Qualifier, August 2004

The final table of the Las Vegas Hilton Million Dollar Blackjack Tournament III qualifiers has 28 hands, played with a bankroll of $5000 in non-negotiable chips. Betting limits are $100 to $2500 in increments of $100. Late surrender is allowed.

Finalists, starting in seat 1 were Fred Landig, Fred Heilmann, Harvey Bader, Vince Costa (Wild Card), Surender Yepuri, David Pratt, John Ressman.

We'll pick up the action on hand 24, just after the countdown.

Seat		Player	Bankroll	Bet	Cards	Value	Win/Loss
Hand 24
1		Landig	$4650	$800	T 2 8	20	+$800
2		Heilmann	$3700	$2500	A J	BJ	$3750
3		Bader	$5900	$2000	T 7	17	+$2000
4	==>	Costa	$4650	$100	T 3 9	Bust	-$100
5		Yepuri	$7450	$400	T 5 Surr	Surr	-$200
6		Pratt	$4850	$100	T 8	18	+$100
7		Ressman	-0-
		Dealer		Upcard 9	9 4 T	Bust
Hand 25
1		Landig	$5450	$2400	9 3	12	+$2400
2		Heilmann	$7450	$1900	T T	20	+$1900
3		Bader	$7900	$800	T 5	15	+$800
4		Costa	$4550	$2200	T T	20	+$2200
5	==>	Yepuri	$7250	$1300 + $1300	A 6 Dbl T	17	+$2600
6		Pratt	$4950	$2400 + $2400	A 4 Dbl 6	21	+$4800
7		Ressman	-0-
		Dealer		Upcard 6	6 T T	Bust
Hand 26
1		Landig	$7850	$2500	6 8 Surr	Surr	-$1250
2		Heilmann	$9350	$2500	9 7 Surr	Surr	-$1250
3		Bader	$8700	$2500	A J	BJ	+$3750
4		Costa	$6750	$2500	T 5 Surr	Surr	-$1250
5		Yepuri	$9850	$2500	T 2 A 5	18	$0
6	==>	Pratt	$9750	$2500 + $2500	6 5 Dbl 9	20	+$5000
7		Ressman	-0-
		Dealer		Upcard T	T 8	18
Hand 27
1	==>	Landig	$6600	$2500 + $2500	T 6 Dbl 4	20	+$5000
2		Heilmann	$8100	$2500 + $2500	8 6 Dbl 7	21	+$5000
3		Bader	$12450	$2500	T 6	16	+$2500
4		Costa	$5500	$2500 + $2500	8 4 Dbl 3	15	+$5000
5		Yepuri	$9850	$2500 X 3	T5 / T2 / T22	15/12/14	+$7500
6		Pratt	$14750	$2500	A 3 4	18	+$2500
7		Ressman	-0-
		Dealer		Upcard 2	2 7 5 A 7	Bust
Hand 28
1		Landig	$11600	$2500	9 5 Surr	Surr	-$1250
2	==>	Heilmann	$13100	$2500 + $2500	T 2 Dbl T	Bust	-$5000
3		Bader	$14950	$2500 X 3	T28 / T2 Dbl 2	20/14	-$7500
4		Costa	$10500	$2500 + $2500	5 6 Dbl T	21	$0
5		Yepuri	$17350	$2500	A 3 2 T 7	Bust	-$2500
6		Pratt	$17250	$2500	T 8	18	-$2500
7		Ressman	-0-
		Dealer		Upcard 8	8 4 9	21

Final Standings
Player	Final Bankroll	Place	Prize Money
Surender Yepuri	$14850	1st	$20,000
David Pratt	$14750	2nd	$10,000
Vince Costa	$10500	3rd	$6,000
Fred Landig	$10350	4th	$3,500
Fred Heilmann	$8100	5th	$2,500
Harvey Bader	$7450	6th	$2,000
John Ressman	$0	7th	$1,500

Ressman, in seat 7, went out on hand #23.

Notice in the last three hands, the six players made 28 max bets.