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By: Richard Bleuze

BookMaker's Blackjack Tournament Season

Before we discuss BookMaker's Blackjack Tournament, I'd like to provide you with a brief overview of the game of blackjack:
Blackjack, known also as twenty-one, is one of the most popular online casino games in the world. This game has become popular on online casinos as it has an interesting mix of chance and skill elements.
When it was first used on land based casinos (as twenty-one), it was not a very popular game. So the casinos tried several special bonuses, one such bonus was a 10-1 payout for hands consisting of an ace of spades and any black jack (spades or clubs). This bonus was not used for very long, but the name stuck, giving rise to one of the most popular casino games ever.
Blackjack is also a fast pace game and does not have very complicated rules of play.
Each player is dealt two cards. The hand with the highest total wins as long as it doesn't exceed 21. Cards 2 through 10 are worth their face value, and jacks, queens and kings are also worth 10. An ace's value is either 1 or 11.
The goal of each player is to beat the dealer by having the higher, unbusted hand. Note that if the player busts he loses, even if the dealer also busts. If both the player and the dealer have the same point value, it is called a "push", and neither player nor dealer wins the hand.

BookMaker.com announced the launch of its 2007 Blackjack Tournament Season. Beginning in October, players on BookMaker’s new Real-Time Blackjack Tournament Network can compete in weekly and monthly qualifying tourneys in hopes of earning a free seat and shot at winning a lot of money in their $10,000 BlackJackBowl.

“We are extremely excited to launch our first Blackjack Tournament Season,” said Ed D’Lyne, Bookmaker Casino Manager. “Not only is it a great opportunity for us to showcase our new and exciting Blackjack Tournament game to our customers, but it’s an opportunity for them to compete in a progressive style of blackjack tournament for no small sum of money. At the end of the season we’re going to name one champion, and that champion is going to have a wad of cash in his pocket. After all, that’s why they are playing.”

BookMaker’s Blackjack Season starts on October 2nd, 2007 in their regularly scheduled Tuesday Night tournament at 9:30pm EST. The season lasts for five months and ends with the BlackJackBowl in late February/early March. Every week BookMaker we’ll be hosting a couple of cash-heavy tourneys, also granting the top places a free seat into their month-end qualifying event. The Monthly tourney prize pot will be infused with an additional $1,000 dollars above and beyond the customer entry fees everyone competes for. The top six places of the month-end event will also be awarded free seats into the $10,000 BlackJackBowl.

“We are throwing tons of cash into our Blackjack Network, and the savvy casino players and blackjack players out there are not only going to enjoy themselves and this game, but they are going to reap the financial benefits of this new tournament play,” exclaimed Mr. D’Lyne.

So signup today at BookMaker.com and join the blackjack tournament - it's never too late!