Now that you have had a month to ponder and deliberate your answers to the 21 question test posed to the top 100 blackjack players in the world at Max Rubin’s 10^th annual Blackjack Ball, it’s time to see how you did (below are the 2006 Blackjack Ball questions and answers). Keep in mind that you had a month to change your mind on an answer, or work out the math for a specific question, whereas the players at the Blackjack Ball were read the question, had it repeated once, and then they had to record their response on an answer sheet in 10 seconds or less. But then again they are considered the tops of their field so they shouldn’t need more than 10 seconds, right? You were allotted a lot more thinking time and the use of electronic devices if you so chose. Now that the playing field has been leveled for you lets proceed.

But before I do, I want to acknowledge the induction into the Blackjack Hall of Fame of its newest member, James Grosjean (he was voted in at the Blackjack Ball by his peers)....

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