Play to Win: A World Champion's Guide to Winning Blackjack Tournaments
Brooklyn-born Einiger is a tournament champion, having won the 2005 World Series of Blackjack on national television. Einiger takes you through the basic concepts can make you competitive in blackjack tournaments providing everything you need to become a winner. Includes 15-page listing of casinos in the U.S. with phone numbers.
GSN's World Series of Blackjack Filmed at Las Vegas Hilton
LAS VEGAS – As reported by Jeff Haney, Las Vegas Sun: “… the World Series of Blackjack, which was filmed last week at the Las Vegas Hilton is scheduled to begin its third season
Ken Einiger, the 2005 World Series of Blackjack Champion of shows in early June on GSN, the Network for Games.
“...The third season of the World Series of Blackjack carries a $1 million prize pool, with $500,000 going to the winner.
“The tournament has a field of 40 players and will be divided into 13 TV episodes.
“Whereas all of the players in the first two seasons were simply invited to compete, more than half of this season's field qualified by winning promotional tournaments held at casinos throughout the country. The rest, including some established blackjack tournament experts, were invited to play.
“Producers plan to rely more extensively on qualifying tournaments in forthcoming seasons, a model reminiscent of ‘satellite poker tournaments - smaller, less expensive events that award entry into larger, more lucrative tournaments.
“...GSN has introduced a couple of twists to its telecast of the third season of the WSOB, including a so-called ‘knockout feature’ by which the player with the smallest stack of chips at the table periodically gets, well, knocked out.