TXtourplayer
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I have played some tournaments at UB and Bet21.com with some success, but none of the big ones. After reading the following posts I don’t think I am going to until a few changes are made in favor of the blackjack players. At the present time it seems these sites are favoring their poker players over us and I personally don’t care for the situation and think it is time for some changes.
10/19/06 1:46 PM
I ended up winning two of the $215 evening tourneys for St. Kitts packages. I was curious how it would handle someone winning more than once.
On the first one, I received $1,500 for travel, plus the $2,700 buy in, plus a hotel room for 7 nights.
On the second one, I received $6,000 in tournament dollars. I am able to use them to buy into Bet21 online poker tournaments, both scheduled tournaments and Sit n Gos. I'm told they're working on allowing the use of those tourney dollars for blackjack tournaments too. Guess you'll be seeing me play a lot of poker tourneys now.
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David both of your wins were playing in blackjack tournaments, but you can't use the tournament bucks won for playing in blackjack tournaments to play in other blackjack tournaments? But you can use them for poker? And I assume since they are non-transferable you have to use them or lose them.
Okay, that makes a lot of sense.
I may be wrong, but I believe David played in about 5 other $200 + $15 St. Kitts‘s qualifiers (after winning one of them, congratulations by the way). So let me get this straight; David pays another $1,075 really cash, and order to win $6,000 tournament bucks (from a BJ satellite event) that he now can only use for poker. Okay so now while he is down in St. Kitts he will have to pay cash out of his only pockets to play in other BJ satellite events that he could have saved his $1,075 real cash for. What’s worst the $6,000 tournament bucks are non-transferable.
What about the players who won 2nd place? Was their prizes cash, or tournament bucks and if tournament bucks will they be for poker only as well?
I just don't understand why tournament bucks won in blackjack can't be used for blackjack, can you explain the logic in this?
With the issue over bonuses not being for blackjack and only poker and now tournament bucks won on blackjack only being good for poker as well it seems Bet21.com and UB are not taking very good care of their blackjack players.
As a blackjack player this concerns me. :flame:
Correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t believe anyone here has gotten their bonuses from Bet21.com they were promised and as of yet no explanation to why they were told they would get one and didn’t. What I last remember reading about was the bonuses were for poker only and they were going to look into it for the blackjack players and that was how many weeks ago? Has anyone heard anything about the bonuses and now this!
I am not being negative to anyone on this site, nor am I trying to cause trouble, but I am warning all the blackjack players to be aware that these sites do not care about the interest of the blackjack players or these problems would have already been corrected by now.
I will still play the smaller events (at least until we have to stop or I run out of money in my account…LOL), but I had waited to see what problems a new site might have before throwing bigger money out on the table. After seeing what is happening I doubt I’ll ever play any of their bigger games (unless I start playing a lot of poker…LOL).
These problems are not going to stop players from playing at their sites, but at least I think all the BLACKJACK PLAYERS should know the score if they do play there and not be surprised if they find out what they won is only good for poker.
Like my last big post, it is time to unite! I am talking about Blackjack players, we need to stand up for our rights. These sites need us, don't let them screw us around. Why should poker players get bonuses and tournament bucks when the Blackjack players are the ones paying? Lets stand up for what is right!
david matthews post at LVA: Posts: 4848
10/19/06 1:46 PM
I ended up winning two of the $215 evening tourneys for St. Kitts packages. I was curious how it would handle someone winning more than once.
On the first one, I received $1,500 for travel, plus the $2,700 buy in, plus a hotel room for 7 nights.
On the second one, I received $6,000 in tournament dollars. I am able to use them to buy into Bet21 online poker tournaments, both scheduled tournaments and Sit n Gos. I'm told they're working on allowing the use of those tourney dollars for blackjack tournaments too. Guess you'll be seeing me play a lot of poker tourneys now.
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David both of your wins were playing in blackjack tournaments, but you can't use the tournament bucks won for playing in blackjack tournaments to play in other blackjack tournaments? But you can use them for poker? And I assume since they are non-transferable you have to use them or lose them.
Okay, that makes a lot of sense.
I may be wrong, but I believe David played in about 5 other $200 + $15 St. Kitts‘s qualifiers (after winning one of them, congratulations by the way). So let me get this straight; David pays another $1,075 really cash, and order to win $6,000 tournament bucks (from a BJ satellite event) that he now can only use for poker. Okay so now while he is down in St. Kitts he will have to pay cash out of his only pockets to play in other BJ satellite events that he could have saved his $1,075 real cash for. What’s worst the $6,000 tournament bucks are non-transferable.
What about the players who won 2nd place? Was their prizes cash, or tournament bucks and if tournament bucks will they be for poker only as well?
I just don't understand why tournament bucks won in blackjack can't be used for blackjack, can you explain the logic in this?
With the issue over bonuses not being for blackjack and only poker and now tournament bucks won on blackjack only being good for poker as well it seems Bet21.com and UB are not taking very good care of their blackjack players.
As a blackjack player this concerns me. :flame:
Correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t believe anyone here has gotten their bonuses from Bet21.com they were promised and as of yet no explanation to why they were told they would get one and didn’t. What I last remember reading about was the bonuses were for poker only and they were going to look into it for the blackjack players and that was how many weeks ago? Has anyone heard anything about the bonuses and now this!
I am not being negative to anyone on this site, nor am I trying to cause trouble, but I am warning all the blackjack players to be aware that these sites do not care about the interest of the blackjack players or these problems would have already been corrected by now.
I will still play the smaller events (at least until we have to stop or I run out of money in my account…LOL), but I had waited to see what problems a new site might have before throwing bigger money out on the table. After seeing what is happening I doubt I’ll ever play any of their bigger games (unless I start playing a lot of poker…LOL).
These problems are not going to stop players from playing at their sites, but at least I think all the BLACKJACK PLAYERS should know the score if they do play there and not be surprised if they find out what they won is only good for poker.
Like my last big post, it is time to unite! I am talking about Blackjack players, we need to stand up for our rights. These sites need us, don't let them screw us around. Why should poker players get bonuses and tournament bucks when the Blackjack players are the ones paying? Lets stand up for what is right!
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