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At the beginning of Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie’s excellent book "Harrington on Hold-em", the authors explain why Texas Hold’em is considered the ‘Cadillac of Poker’, a phrase originally attributed to another great of that game, Doyle Brunson. Harrington describes a hierarchy where the styles of poker are ranked according to their relative value to a skilled player. He states that for a skilled player, a $1000 entry into a 7-card stud tournament probably yields somewhere around $2000 in value. Texas Hold’em on the other hand offers more opportunity for skillful play, and as a result Hold’em pros consider a $1000 entry fee event to be worth $4000 to $5000, and in the largest events maybe as much as $8000.

Why all this Hold’em talk in a blackjack tournament column? Well, it just got me thinking about what the comparable numbers for a blackjack tournament might be. Knowing how much profit margin there is in a typical event means that a player can make better decisions about which events to attend, given the ever-present travel and time expenses.

So, how do we go about assessing the value of blackjack tournaments?

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