about blackjack tournments

[Strider]

What do you guys think of blackjack tournments? I'm an amateur card counter who is proficient with the high-low count. Do you think blacjack tournments are worth checking out? Any advice about how tournments differ would be nice as well. Thanks.

 

[FLA Player]

Blackjack tournaments have nothing to do with counting, they are solely based on betting and finishing with more chips then the other players at your table- read "Casino tournament strategy" by Wong, his strategy is followed by most seasoned players- proportional betting, betting with the flow, 1/3 of your bankroll betting, 1/7 of your BR, etc.

I played in the Hilton Million dollar tourny. qualifier, fun but a lot of luck involved.

FLA Player

 

[NorCalBJ]

I just finished in second place at a BJ tourney in Lake Tahoe.
Counting did help me a little bit. I was betting 50-75 a hand and then bet 200 on a very favorable count. I got BJ. In this tourney you got paid 2-1 on BJ.
The other guy is right though. There is a considerable amount of luck. But I found it to be very fun. I was actually the chip leader going in to the last hand but lost because the person in 2nd got to place their bet after me. I lost by one chip. But I won 100 dollars, got free drinks, a fun pack and lots of fun.