hitting 13 to a dealer 6) - but he kept getting lucky or just getting great cards. One of the guys who did advance from my 2nd round table was a horrible player - did things that made no sense in either regular or tournament blackjack (i.e. It was fun but it was not at all like just playing at a regular table. I played in a tournament at Paris last year and got to the 2nd round - should have gotten to the third round if I had correctly calculated the optimum final bet amount. 'Luck' is a more meaningful predictor than strategy in that environment.
That is not nearly a large enough sample to really evaluate a different strategy. Second - a blackjack tournament session involves a limited number of hands - usually 20 I think. That is particularly true in terms of strategies involving the correct bet amount which I assume is what you are trying to resolve. First the strategy you use in a blackjack tournament is very different than what you would use if you are playing blackjack normally. I don't think this is a solution to solving your argument.
