BJI Newsletter, June 2007, #89

Semifinalists (received $115 each)

I had a blast at the River Palms, met a lot of nice people including many BJI subscribers, and also managed to reach the final table in Saturday's Tournament Blackjack Tour event (unfortunately I couldn't win a hand to save my life in the finals and finished in 6th place, winning $520).

Kudos to Rick Jensen for organizing the event and running it like a fine tuned engine, and to Daniel Higginbotham, Table Games Manager, and his staff, for a terrific job in making sure all the tournaments ran smoothly, and all the winners were paid immediately after their tournament was completed. Higginbotham also donated a bunch of very nice prizes for random drawings that were held every day (free room nights, free matchplay chips, and lots more). I got lucky (again) and won four $25 matchplay chips in one drawing (these were the valuable matchplays; you play them till they lose). There is another TBJPA tournament scheduled at the River Palms on August 15-18. Hope to see you there.

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