“We’re very pleased to have these casinos offering our tournament product to their players. Most, if not all, casino players recognize both of these brands, and we’re happy to add our blackjack tournaments into their product suite,” states Randy Mann of 21GNET. The addition of Clubworld Casinos and Rushmore Casinos are the latest of several RTG (Real Time Gaming) clients to join 21GNET’s blackjack tournament network.

“We are extremely happy to have Doyles Room on board the network. Their brand speaks for itself and by recognizing the unique marketing lure our product has to offer their players, we now have one of the biggest names out there on the network” says Randy Mann, Marketing & Communications Director at 21GNET.

“Their Poker Players will find our Blackjack Tournaments model to be a refreshing transition when they are bored and looking for something with a twist outside of poker. Doyles’ Players now have that something new found in tournament style blackjack to quench their appetites” says Randy.

21GNET has close to 30 brands, including Doyles Room, on their network as they move into there 3rd live year of blackjack tournaments. They offer Single Tournaments & MultiTournament games, including a Head to Head competition.

Doyles Room is dubbed as “The Most Trusted Name in Poker” and offers Poker, Casino Games, and now Blackjack Tournaments.

“We are pleased to award Bookmaker with this honor because they’ve made great strides in pushing our game out to their players.  Eddie D (Bookmaker Casino Manager) has dedicated many resources to promoting our game and the results have been astonishing. There is no doubt who deserves this award in 2008” says Shane O’ Connell, CEO of 21GNET.

Who is Bookmaker? Following a legacy of quality in service and renowned bookmaking experience of more than two decades, BookMaker.com is born to aim and serve both professional and recreational players. Always the first sportsbook to post lines, the phrase “Where the Line Originates” will continue attracting the world’s sharpest and biggest players. BookMaker.com provides Safe and Secure sports betting on sporting events, as well as horse racing, online casino games, poker, bingo and mobile betting from any location in the world, 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Thus, whether you are betting from your office computer or calling from the comfort of your home you can rest assured our service will be first class and completely confidential.

The two, Poker and Blackjack, have wonderful histories. And, the players that play them add to the mystique of each by staging their own great stories and histories based on the cards they’ve been dealt.

While this millennium introduced the red-hot Poker World to the masses, droves of players from all walks of life have boasted and toted their skills as the best poker faces around. But with poker reaching a peak, there is an emerging new face creating volumes of interest….  Blackjack Tournaments.

During this football season and into 2008, The Blackjack Tournament World will be dealing out to all the masses as blackjack tournament competition heats up.

Television sets will show CBS touting 16 scheduled episodes of the Ultimate Blackjack Tour and GSN promoting the World Series of Blackjack. Hollywood also has its hands in the mix with the movie called “21” (slated for early 2008), a factual based portray of a group of MIT students that learned to master the game of blackjack who then began applying that knowledge in a little known place called Las Vegas.

With all this hype, it’s no surprise that many believe Blackjack Tournaments are the next big thing.

The BetCRIS group believes! They always have a finger on the pulse of what’s hot and what’s new, and again they’ve proven themselves as an industry leader by looking ahead. BetCRIS Casino Manager, Eddie C. aka ‘Ed’ says “We are always looking for new and exciting products to offer our clientele, and riding this new wave of Blackjack energy we’ve gotten the right product at the right time to entertain our thousands of players.”

This year BetCRIS has introduced their very own Blackjack Tournament Network to their suite of websites and to their players worldwide as 100’s of their players are playing daily in Single Table Tournaments 24 x 7 and weekly scheduled Multi-Table Tournaments. “We plan on throwing lots of marketing dollars into the network, and our players can expect to see some fun, cash-heavy tournaments starting in September as we gear up for our Grand Prize Giveaway in February of next year. We’re not telling anyone what that is just yet,” the slyly smiling ‘Ed’ remarked.   

The BetCRIS Blackjack Network is powered by a young forward thinking software developer called 21GNET. Shane O’ Connell, CEO of 21GNET, says “With the demand for more online community based games, we recognized the need for a real-time blackjack tournament software. Our patent pending platform is being integrated into many popular sites, and with BetCRIS as a partner, we have created the first true global Blackjack Network. We believe, and so do our partners, this is ‘The Next REAL DEAL’ in online gaming.”

Blackjack Tournaments test the wits of any strategic mind. They are much faster paced than poker, and the player pool is much greater than poker because it’s easier to learn.

Many of the players on their sites, Ed replied, are traditional poker players converting to blackjack to quench their gaming appetites. Or, as he stated, they are like you and me… “I know blackjack, but playing blackjack tournaments is completely different. It doesn’t take long to get hooked.”

If you’re interested in playing on the BetCRIS Blackjack Network go to www.betcris.com .