Statistical anomoly
Barney,
As "scientific" as this is 30 responses is hardly something that could even remotely construed as a trend. There are several factors that could be responsible for the results including:
1. Unfamiliar with the term - elimination BJ (ex. The Assassin, by his own admission on the radio show last week hasn't played UBT format)
2. Unfamiliar with the terms in the poll - progressive vs. accumulation. Pergo by his own admission, a seasoned member here was unfamilar with the different formats
3. Satistically insignificant number of responses (24/6000+ members) = 0.04% response rate and scientifically that is not statistically significant.
Comparing EBJ to Conventional BJ tourneys is unfair because of the limited availability to play EBJ. It is like looking at the movie releases. Hollywood releases an "artsy" movie in 100 select theaters across the country and it brings in 1.0 million verses the mega-theater releases in 3,000 plus movie houses that grosses 15.0 million. Which is better? Which is more profitable?
The problem with EBJ is that it is a copyright/protected playing format. I guarentee you that EBJ will not be coming to an Indian Reservation near you anytime in the near future - probably never (personal thoughts here).
With regard to conventional BJ tourneys even those are not all the same. Some are live money, others aren't. Then you have different rules per different casino's - there is no standardization which in turn increases player dissatisfaction with the product.
Currently for US players I believe there are only two (3) places left for us to play online TBJ - AOLfungames, Blackjack21.com and Bet21/UB/PlayUbt. Please correct me if I am misinformed about this.