Is this a good game, lol..

[ZeeBabar]

Found this...

Hey everyone! I'm hosting a virtual blackjack tournament via Zoom online if anyone is interested Your $10 can get you $70! $10 per person buy-in goes to the pot
Venmo: @Jimmy-Schaub
Cash app: $JimmySchaub
Each player receives $500 in chips with no cash value
Min bet: $25
Max bet: $250
If you do not have enough chips to meet the min bet you can still qualify to win the pot but will not be able to play the round.
10 rounds of play. Seats 1-7 are filled in order of who enters the chat first. A dice will be rolled until the result matches an occupied seat and that player receives the "dealer" button and will wager their bet amount first. The dealer button goes to the next seat in clockwise rotation after each round. After 10 rounds the bankroll of each player will be added up and the player with the most chips wins the pot. 6 decks. Players can double on ANY 2 cards. Blackjack pays 2 to 1. There will be NO INSURANCE. Surrender will not be allowed. Players may split cards including aces up to 3 times for a total of 4 hands. Split aces get only one card, no Black Jack payout. All other splits are played out one hand at a time. Players can double down on split cards. Partial doubling is not allowed. Dealer stands on soft 17. No re-buys will be allowed. I recommend connecting by wifi. You are responsible for your own connection. If a player cannot be reached for a play decision we will wait 1-2 minutes before your buy-in is forfeited. For any situations not covered here we will try to make the decision that is the most fair to the game and all players and if a dispute arises we will sort it out by a vote amongst the players with the dealer being the tie breaker if there is a tie.

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Is it possible to observe the tournament without being a participant?

[DSchles]

Hmmm. Promoting gambling across state lines!! Felony. Makes no difference if he returns all the money or not. In the case of the latter, it's a lottery, and doing that across state lines is illegal as well.

Don

[Wave]

If he did it without the buy in and assigned all players an equal number of chips to start with and there was no prize, then it would not be gambling and the players would be playing for pride/fun/entertainment/practice/etc., which might be of interest to those with a competitive streak...or boredom.

Lotteries require prize, consideration and chance so it would not be a lottery either.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1302

[ZeeBabar]

Was posted on Facebook blackjack page.

[BughouseMASTER]

Damn. Had I seen it earlier I woulda prob entered given that I've won 20K in the last 3 Blackjack tournaments I've competed.

[BughouseMASTER]

Was posted on Facebook blackjack page.

could you post the exact link where you saw it? thx

[Wave]

Oh well...I don't do Facebook.

[ZeeBabar]

Here is more..

Tiffany Harris Jimmy Schaub is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.


Topic: Jimmy Schaub's Personal Meeting Room


Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/3506097275...5mYJ6uTYJxhUhg


Meeting ID: 350 609 7275
Password: blackjack

[gayandlovingit]

given the minimum bet and spread cap, $500 is ridiculously insignificant to think your counting advantage can beat sheer luck

[BughouseMASTER]

Here is more..

Tiffany Harris Jimmy Schaub is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.


Topic: Jimmy Schaub's Personal Meeting Room


Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/3506097275...5mYJ6uTYJxhUhg


Meeting ID: 350 609 7275
Password: blackjack

Where is the actual FB page advertising the tournament? Because I could not find it on a search of my own... I'm always interested
in Blackjack tournaments. Thank you.

[DSchles]

If he did it without the buy in and assigned all players an equal number of chips to start with and there was no prize, then it would not be gambling and the players would be playing for pride/fun/entertainment/practice/etc., which might be of interest to those with a competitive streak...or boredom.

Lotteries require prize, consideration and chance so it would not be a lottery either.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1302

Did you read something different from what I read? $10 entry fee; chance to win $70. You write that a lottery requires a prize! One of us is missing something! Then you write, IF he did it without the buy-in, etc. But he didn't write it that way! So, how can you fault anything I wrote? What sense are you making?

Don

[BughouseMASTER]

IDK about you but I'm still waiting for the actual FB posting citing this supposed tournament in the first place. But a 6x profit is quite weak either way.