Outcomes of Ultimate Blackjack Tour's Season One, Episode One

An enticing, luring, distinct and attractive table game, blackjack is featured and available in many casinos in the world. The rules in playing this distinct table game are easy to understand and comprehend. When playing blackjack, players need to concentrate on managing their money well because skills are not that important in blackjack. Players' luck is essential to their success in games.

Meanwhile, there are kinds of blackjack wherein players need to beat their opponents, other professional blackjack players, to win in the game. This variation of blackjack is very popular in tournaments. It is referred by other gambling experts as elimination blackjack since those who have least valued cards at certain rounds will be eliminated in the game.

Due to the increasing interest of blackjack players in playing elimination blackjack, some producers of television shows see opportunity in improving their profits by creating television show which will feature tournament of elimination blackjack. This television show is eventually called as Ultimate Blackjack Tour.

Ultimate Blackjack Tour has two seasons. To help people who are not yet knowledgeable about the television show, this article will provide a recap on the first episode of the show's season one. Hence, this will help them be informed about the participants in the event as well as the trends and format of Ultimate Blackjack Tour.

Ken Smith, Dave Stann, Michael Castellana, Michael Postle, Chuck Gorsen, John Cernuto and Alex Brenes are the participants in the first episode of season one. Many blackjack players viewed this episode because the participants are all experts in the game. All the players showed their excellence in the game but Smith showed his knowledge about the game at the final round where he was able to beat Stann.

It was Gorsen who was eliminated in hand eight. His defeat is unexpected in this round because his card has a total value of 20 but the dealer's cards are valued at 21. Brenes and Postle got eliminated in hand nine and 16 respectively. Meanwhile, Cernuto and Castellana are beaten by the dealer in hand 23 and 25, leaving Stann and Smith in the final round.

Smith was able to beat Stann in the final round by using his secret bet. The final round is thrilling when Stann got a deuce and viewers saw that Smith was threatened by Stann's fate. However, with the appropriate use of the secret bet, Smith was proclaimed as the first champion of the Ultimate Blackjack Tour.