✨ Tournament Blackjack Rules




374 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 15

during which the cutting card or the first of the cutting cards, as the case may
be, is reached during the last shoe.

6.4 At the end of a session all players at the table shall present all of the tournament
chips held by them to the dealer, who shall tally the total value of chips held by
each such player. Those players who qualify for the next stage of the
tournament shall be informed immediately.

6.5 Subject to rule 6.6, the winner of a session shall be the player at the table who
holds the greatest value of tournament chips at the end of the session. If 2 or
more players at a table are tied at the end of the session, and a result is required
to determine who wins or who progresses to the next session of the
tournament, those players shall engage in a play-off.

6.6 Notwithstanding rule 6.5, the number of players to progress to the next session
of a tournament from any given session, or to the final, shall be at the discretion
of the casino operator, provided:

(a) the applicants were notified in writing, before they entered the
tournament, of the terms and conditions upon which such discretionary
advancement was to be permitted; and

(b) the casino operator complies with those terms and conditions.

6.7 Only those players who are winners in accordance with either rule 6.5 or rule
6.6 shall proceed to the next session of the tournament.

6.8 Subject to rules 6.9, 6.10 and 6.11, the winner of the tournament shall be the
player who holds the greatest value of tournament chips at the end of the final
session of play, and any other place-getters provided for in the conditions of
entry shall be determined in accordance with the value of tournament chips held
respectively by the other players at the table at the end of that session.

6.9 If there are 2 or more players each holding the greatest value of chips at the
end of the final session, those players shall engage in a play-off to determine the
winner of the tournament. If the conditions of entry to the tournament provide
for a runner-up, and the play-off to determine the winner does not establish the
runner-up (being the player in the play-off who at its end holds the greatest
value of chips after the winner), there shall be a further play-off to establish the
runner-up.

6.10 All placings after that of runner-up which are provided for in the conditions of
entry to the tournament shall then be determined in accordance with the value
of the chips held by the respective players at the end of:



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