Blackjack Tournament - Casino de Mont-Tremblant

Official rules: By email on request

*** Details below are from the Dec 12, 2010 tournament ***

Highlights of official rules:

Black Jack rules of play:
  6 decks, dealer hits s17, no surrender, blackjack pays
  3/2, no double on blackjack, double on any two other
  cards face up, no doubling for less, 3 splits allowed
  (for a total of 4 hands), split aces receive 1 card each
  face up, otherwise, double after split is allowed.
  
Format: 3 rounds accumulation/elimination.
        Full tournament is 56 players.

6:45pm: Welcome

7:30pm:
Round 1: Accumulation:
  - Each player plays two separate sessions of 14 hands each
  - 1st session: $5,000 bank roll, $25 min, $2000 max, $25 unit
  - 2nd session: $5,000 bank roll, $25 min, NO MAXIMUM
  - Chip count after hand 12
  - Top 21 players advance based on combined accumulated
    totals of both sessions. Bank roll is reset to $5,000
for the second session.

Round 2: Elimination:
  - 3 tables of 7 players each
  - $5,000 bank roll, $25 min, NO MAXIMUM, unit $25
  - 21 hands
  - Chip count after hand 19
  - Top 2 players at each table advance

Final Table:
  - 6 advancing players from round 2 plus one wild card
    draw winner
  - $5,000 bank roll, $25 min, NO MAXIMUM, unit $25
  - 21 hands
  - Chip count after hand 19

Comps:
  $20 in chips, cocktail reception, door prizes

- All prizes paid in cash in Canadian Dollars.
- Prizes are based on full turnout and will be adjusted if
  the tournament is not full.
- Winnings are tax free for Canadians. Not sure about others.