TV Blackjack Tournament Rules 5i2c13

The World Series of Blackjack on GSN and the Ultimate Blackjack Tour on CBS have made a few unusual modifications to normal Blackjack tournament rules in order to reduce the boredom level during the early rounds of the tournaments. 4k3m3h

World Series of Blackjack Tournament Rules (WSOB, WSOBJ) t6z2v

• Six decks, S17, DAS, LS.
• Knockout Card:
  A special card is shuffled into the deck and when it is dealt during a round the player with the lowest total chip value is eliminated from that round. If a player is eliminated prior to the knockout card appearing then no one else is eliminated.
• Power Chip:
  This is a special chip given to each player at the start of each game. When a player uses the Power Chip they get to exchage one of their cards for the next card in the shoe. If a player uses the Power Chip when they double down, the player gets to pre-view the next card in the shoe and decide if they want to keep that card or if they want to take a chance on the next card in the shoe.
• Second Chance:
  This rule allows two players that did not qualify for the Wildcard games a chance to sit at the tables. Each Wildcard game has 4 players that finished second at their respective table. This means there is a fifth open seat at each Wildcard game. These seats will be filled by a draw in which each player that finished 3rd, 4th or 5th will have a chance at winning. Each 5th place finisher gets 1 ticket, 4th place gets 2 tickets and 3rd place gets 3 tickets put into the draw. The two lucky players that are drawn will get to fill the open seats at the Wildcard games.

(from http://blackjackworldseries.net/wsob-rules.php)

Ultimate Blackjack Tour Tournament Rules (UBT) 4a6qb

• Six decks, S17, DAS, LS.
• 30 Rounds
• At the final table, each player starts with $100,000. Min bet is $1,000, max bet is $100,000.
• Actoin starts at the button and rotates clockwise each hand.
• Each player has 25 seconds. On elimination hands, 45 seconds.
• There are forced eliminations on hands 8, 16 and 25 where the player with the least chips is eliminated.
• Each player has one Secret Bet they can make at any time.