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SUMMARY:Yaamava’ Resort & Casino $300\,000 / $150\,000  Blackjack Tournament
DESCRIPTION:Yaamava’ Resort & Casino $150\,000 Cash or $300\,000 Promo Blackjack Tournament\nBJTUSA Notes:\n\n\nPlease read all tournament rules carefully\, paying close attention to how players advance to the Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals. Advancement is based on total chip count across the entire field during the preliminary rounds. \n\n\nSeating is limited. One BJTUSA subscriber who had participated in a recent $200\,000/$100\,000 event was able to reserve a seat by calling the casino before traveling. However\, others who played in the more recent $600\,000/$300\,000 event reported that phone reservations were not available—though plenty of seats were still open upon arrival. \n\n\nJune 13 \n\nRegistration | 5pm – 9:30pm\nTournament Play | 5:30pm – 10pm\nBuy In | $200\nLocation | Pit #12 | Rockin’ Casino Area\, 2nd Floor of the Casino\n\nJune 14 \n\nWild Card Drawing Check-In | 4pm – 4:45pm\nRegistration | 5pm – 5:50pm\nTournament Play | 6pm – 9pm\nLocation | Pit #12 | Rockin’ Casino Area\, 2nd Floor of the Casino\n\nOfficial Rules \n\nThe tournament will be held on Friday\, June 13 – Saturday\, June 14\, 2025\, in Pit 12\, 2nd floor in the Rockin’ Casino area.\nFriday\, June 13: Preliminary Rounds\n\nClub Serrano members may register to participate in the preliminary rounds for the tournament from 5:00pm to 9:30pm.\nTournament entry fee is $200 and may only be paid in exact cash or standard betting chips.\nThrillAgains for the preliminary rounds may be purchased for $100 in exact cash or standard betting chips.\nPreliminary rounds will be held from approximately 5:30pm to 10:00pm. Rounds are sit and go style\, in which winners are determined by highest final chip count.\nMembers may re-buy in. Re-buys are unlimited but restricted based on total participants per day. The maximum number of participants for the preliminary rounds is 288.\nSeating assignments will be provided by Table Games tournament official on a first come\, first serve basis.\nRegistered players may not be able to redeem their buy-in if they request a seat after 10:00pm.\nThe top two (2) players with the highest chip count in the preliminary rounds (preliminary round chip leaders) will automatically advance to the semi-final round on Saturday\, June 14.\nExcluding the top two (2) preliminary round chip leaders\, the top twenty-one (21) players with the highest chip count from the preliminary rounds will advance to the quarter-final rounds on Saturday\, June 14.\n\n\nSaturday\, June 14: Wild Card Drawing\, Quarter-Final\, Semi-Final\, Final Table and Bonus Drawing\n\nTournament play time is from 6:00pm – 9:00pm.\nThere will be no buy-ins/ rebuys for Saturday\, June 14.\n\n\nWild Card Drawing\n\nPrior to registration\, there will be a Wild Card Drawing for preliminary round participants from Friday\, June 13.\nOnly participants from preliminary rounds who have not qualified for the quarter-finals of the tournament are eligible for the Wild Card drawing.\nParticipants can activate their entry by swiping at any kiosk and tapping on the “Wild Card drawing” tile from 4:00pm – 4:45pm.\nAt 4:50pm\, five (5) winners will be drawn to receive a seat in the quarter-final round. Winners must be present to claim. Redraws may be conducted until a winner is identified.\n\n\nQuarter-Final Round\n\nRegistration for qualified quarter-finalists will be held from 5:00pm to 5:50pm\nTen (10) invited players will join the twenty-one (21) qualified quarter-finalists and the five (5) Wild Card drawing winners for a maximum of thirty-six (36) quarter-finalists.\nIn the event that qualified quarter-finalists do not register within the registration period their seat(s) may be replaced by an additional Wild Card winner(s).\n\nIf drawing is conducted\, it will follow the end of quarter-final registration.\nWinners must be present to claim. Redraws may be conducted until a winner is identified.\n\n\nThrillAgains may be purchased for $100 in exact cash or standard betting chips for the quarter-final round.\nQuarter-Final rounds will be held from approximately 6:00pm to 7:00pm.\nThere will be up to six (6) tables with up to six (6) players on each.\nThe top three (3) players with the highest chip count from each table will advance to the semi-finals.\n\n\nSemi-Final Round\n\nThe top two (2) preliminary round chip leaders will join the eighteen (18) advancers from the quarter-finals for a maximum of twenty (20) semi-finalists.\nThe top two (2) preliminary round chip leaders must register between 5:00pm – 6:40pm.\nThrillAgains may be purchased for $100 in exact cash or standard betting chips for the semi-final round.\nSemi-final round will be held from approximately 7:00pm to 8:00pm.\nThere will be up to five (5) tables with up to four (4) players on each. The player with the highest chip count from each table will advance to the final round.\nExcluding the five (5) advancing players\, the player with the next highest overall chip count from the semi-final round will advance to the final table for a total of six (6) players.\n\n\nFinal Table\n\nThe final table will be held from approximately 8:00pm to 9:00pm\nThrillAgains may be purchased for $500 in exact cash or standard betting chips for the final table.\nThe final table is winner takes all and the winner will have the option to collect a cash prize OR Promotional Chip prize.\n\nFinal table players will receive a ballot following the conclusion of the semi-final round. Players will vote whether they would like to play the final table or split the prize.\n\nThe results of the vote\, which must be unanimous\, will be announced by a Table Games tournament official.\nIf all players vote to split the final table prize\, they also must agree on the prize type (i.e.\, all winners must take their share of the prize all in cash or all in promotional chips).\nFor any amount that cannot be equally distributed\, the player with the most tournament chips at the conclusion of the semi-final round will be awarded the difference.\n\n\nIf final table play begins\, players must commit to completing the session.\n\n\nBonus Drawing:\n\nAt the conclusion of the tournament\, a bonus drawing will be held for all day 2 tournament participants\, excluding the tournament winner(s).\nFive (5) winners will be drawn to receive $1\,000 in Promotional Chips. Winners will have five (5) minutes to claim their prize. There will be no redraws.\n\n\nParticipation into a tournament is not guaranteed if a member is unable to register during the times stated in these official rules. No special circumstances will warrant the delaying of a tournament to be able to accommodate individuals or groups of individuals.\nAll Promotional Chips are non-transferable. If Promotional Chips are given away participants will be subject to not be able to participate in future tournaments.\nThrillAgains:\n\nA “ThrillAgain” is defined as the moment a participant chooses to discard one (1) of their current cards and replace it with another. It can be used to replace one (1) of the first two (2) cards\, but once action has been taken on the hand\, the ThrillAgain can only replace the most recent “hit” card. The player can then continue to have action on the hand once the card has been replaced. The replacement card will be the next card in the “shoe”.\nThrillAgains may only be used once.\nIf a player does not use their ThrillAgain chip\, the chip is forfeited at the end of each round or when the player is eliminated.\nThrillAgains can be purchased once per round.\n\n\nStandard Betting Rules:\n\nNon-negotiable tournament chips will be used in each round. Tournament chips may not be used for any other purpose and must be returned at the end of each session.\nEach player starts with $10\,000 in tournament chips.\nPlay will consist of 18 hands during preliminary and quarter-final rounds and 24 hands during semi and final rounds.\nThere will be a count before the last hand whenever the winner is determined through table elimination. This will occur on the 17th hand in the quarter-finals and on the 23rd hand in the semi-final and final round.\nMinimum bet amount is $100. There is no max bet.\nThe top chip amounts at each semi-final table will advance to the final round.  The method of determining how many from each table go to the final round will be determined by the number of semi-final tables.\nAll Yaamava’ House Rules for Blackjack will apply. With the following exceptions:\nNatural blackjacks will be paid at two (2) to one (1).\nPlayers will not be allowed to take insurance on their hand.\nPlayers will not be allowed to surrender their hand.\n\n\nTournament Procedures:\n\nWhen the tournament is about to begin\, the tournament format\, rules and betting structure will be conveyed to the players by a tournament official.\nMembers may only purchase one (1) tournament entry and Thrillagain (when applicable) at a time. Any unused buy-ins and/or Thrillagains will be forfeited.\nBuy-in\, rebuy and Thrillagain transactions are final. No refunds will be issued.\nIn the 1st round of play\, if a player has not shown up at their assigned time when it is time to start play\, and repeated attempts to locate the player have been unsuccessful\, a player who is scheduled for a later round that wishes to play in the earlier round may be allowed to play in the missing player’s spot. An attempt will be made to find a seat for the missing player in a later 1st round\, although once a player has missed their scheduled time\, play in a later round is not guaranteed.\nPlayers may not change tables or seats without a tournament official’s approval.\nIt may become necessary to reassign tables or seats to accommodate players with special needs.\nIn order to keep betting and play fair and even for all players\, a rotating Dealer button will be used. The Dealer button will start in the 1st seat to the Dealer’s right and will rotate clockwise around the table requiring a different player to place their bet first in each hand. This negates any sort of seating advantage and keeps the players on an even playing field.\nIf a player is not in their assigned seat at the start of the round\, no cards will be dealt to their spot. The required amount of starting chips will be placed on the missing player’s spot\, and a minimum bet in tournament chips will be deducted from their chip stack for each hand missed for the first five (5) hands.\nIf the player does not begin play prior to the start of the sixth (6) hand\, the player will then be disqualified by default and their chips removed from play.\nIf a player has not started play before the end time of the tournament they will forfeit their spot in the tournament and ThrillAgain purchase\, if bought.\nFor the final round\, if they are not at their table at the start of the round they will be disqualified.\nPlayers will place bets\, receive cards and act on their hand in order\, with the player sitting to the left of the Dealer button betting first\, receiving cards first and acting on their hand first.\nChips must be visible and stacked by denomination at all times.\nThe player with the Dealer button will always act last. After the last player has acted on their hand\, the Dealer will receive their cards and expose their hand.\nEvery player must make a minimum bet on every deal or they may bet the maximum bet if so inclined.\nWhen it is a player’s turn to bet\, and they have released chips in the betting circle\, their bet amount cannot be changed.\nBets made out of turn will not be binding. If a player places a bet in their betting circle before it is their turn to bet\, when it is their turn to bet\, they may either let the bet stand or remove the bet and bet a different amount.\nA player sitting at the table may not sit out a hand and must bet at least the minimum bet every hand.\nIf a player misses a hand because they have left the table\, they will not be dealt a hand. When the hand is finished\, the Dealer will remove one minimum bet chip from the player’s stack and place the chip in the Dealer’s rack. After (5) hands if the player has not returned\, they will be disqualified by default\, and their chips will be picked up.\nMisdealt hands that cannot be backed up will void all hands\, all losing bets will be returned and all winning bets will be recovered. Bets may be adjusted by the players in betting order\, and a replacement hand will be completed.\nOnce the Dealer has exposed their hand\, the Dealer will pay winning hands and collect from losing hands in accordance with standard Blackjack procedures.\nAt the end of the semi-finals and final round\, all of the players’ chips will be counted and the player(s) with the most chips will be declared the table winner(s).\nIf more than one player is to advance\, the players who have the most chips will be the ones to advance.\n\n\nTies– If two or more players are tied\, each remaining participant will receive $10\,000 in tournament chips and a five (5) hand playoff will be used to determine the advancing player or winner. If still tied after five (5) hands\, there will be a sudden death playoff\, which will continue until a winner is decided. Players will draw for seat position. The button will start to the right of the dealer.\n\nTied players will have seven (7) minutes to return to the tournament location for their playoffs. If a player does not return within the allotted time\, they will not be allowed to participate in the playoffs.\n\nThe playoffs will begin with all tied players who returned within the allotted time. If only one (1) player returned\, the returning player will be considered the winner. If zero (0) tied players return\, the tournament will continue as it is.\n\n\nIf all players lose all their chips on the same hand during any tournament play\, the player(s) who started the hand with the most chips will be considered the table winner(s).\n\nIf the players started with the same amount of chips\, it will be ranked as a tie and prizes will be divided equally between them.\n\n\nPlayers may not be coached while at the table\, whether the player is in a hand or in-between hands.\nPlayers will be required to use English only while at the table.\nBy participating in the tournament\, each participant agrees to and acknowledges that they will abide by the official rules\, regulations and procedures of the tournament.\nIn the event of a dispute\, the tournament official’s decision will be final.\nAny violations of the tournament rules may result in immediate disqualification of the player(s) involved.\nAny players caught playing unethically\, especially those in collusion\, may be disqualified from the tournament and/or permanently banned from play in future tournaments.\nPersons who violate any rule\, gain an unfair advantage in participating in the contest\, or obtain winner status using fraudulent means will be disqualified.\nWithholding taxes will be collected upon issuance of prize money as required by applicable laws.\nBy participating in this promotion\, you grant Yaamava’ Resort and Casino permission to print\, publish\, televise\, or otherwise use your name\, city\, state\, photograph\, or any likeness of you for promotional purposes.\nYaamava’ independent representative/agents\, employees and members of their immediate families are not eligible to participate in the tournament.\nPersons who have voluntarily or involuntarily been excluded from the property or who have requested self-exclusion from the property are not eligible to participate in the tournament.\n\n\nThe Gaming Operation reserves the right to cancel\, change\, or modify the promotion at any time without notice. \n\n\n\nPrize Structure \n1st | $150\,000 Cash OR $300\,000 Promotional Chips
URL:https://bjtusa.com/event/yaamava-resort-casino-300000-150000-blackjack-tournament/
LOCATION:Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel\, 777 San Manuel Blvd.\, Highland\, CA\, 92346
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