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Creative Final Hand Plays



Creative Final Hand Plays
In a tight blackjack tournament match, the creative plays you can make on the last hand are often the difference between winning and losing. Combining a sound betting strategy with tricks like surrendering, splitting and doubling can pull out a victory for you in the end. Let’s take a look at some sound plays that you can make in the end game of a blackjack tournament. In this example, the chip leader has 1,600 in chips and you are in second place with 1,500 in chips and act after the leader. Other players have either been eliminated or aren’t within striking distance. The chip leader makes a max bet of 500 and you follow suit with a matching bet of 500. This actually gives you the opportunity to take the high or the low as you will soon see. The chip leader is dealt a 5-4 and you are dealt a 9-9 against the dealer’s upcard of J. Since you hold an 18, your opponent is going to either hit to try to make a hand similar to you in hopes that you have similar outcomes or double, fearing that you may split your nines. Let’s say he decides to double. He gets the card face down and his result is a mystery, but we know he has 1,000 in bets on the table with a 100 chip lead going into the hand. What do you do here? You could split, but unless you get another 9 or an A, 2 or 3 on one of the 9s you will be faced with a daunting double down with a hard hand above 11 to try to catch up. No, your best bet here is to stand (or surrender) and hope the dealer beats your opponent’s double. Whether you both lose or you win and he loses doesn’t matter. You will win the match as long as the dealer can beat your opponent. Now let’s go back to the start and say that your opponent decides to hit his 5-4 rather than double it. If he doesn’t bust his hand before the completion of his turn, you will then split your nines (if he stands on 16 and you stand on your 18 you will only win if the dealer makes 17 or 18.) If he ends up busting, your strategy is now obvious. You will surrender your 18, which guarantees you the victory in the blackjack tournament. If for some strange reason your opponent surrenders his hand, your best hand would be to stand on your 18 and hope to beat the dealer. 


 

This is just one example of the myriad options that are available to you if you act last on the final hand of a blackjack tournament. The more your practice and work out the various scenarios in your head, the better tournament blackjack player you will become in the long run. By Johnny Kampis- Poker Expert

 





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