NEWS & EVENTS

November 30th, 2007

Poker Tournaments vs. Blackjack Tournaments
"Put Up Your Dukes"

If Online Casinos had a main event this year, it would be the heavyweight showdown between old & new school card games! The reigning young champion and crowd favorite, 'Texas Hold'em Poker Tournaments' is bouncing with excitement in one corner while his contender and old friend, Blackjack Tournaments, stands with the ring-savvy intent of a veteran in the opposing corner.

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."

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