The World Series of Blackjack is a tournament of 40 competitors vieing for the top prize of 500 000 dollars. The tournament features 40 top Blackjack players from 14 casinos from around the US. The tournament is being hosted this year at the Las Vegas Hilton and is being televised on the Game Show Network.
Some of this year’s top pros include Anthony Lu, Jeff Bernstein, Randy Driggers, Tony Duong, John Grannis, Angie Hardy, Mikka Padilla, Charlie Montoya, Dominick Haven and Shawn Crowder.

The WSOB is broken down into eight 5 player preliminary rounds followed by two semi-final rounds. Wild card rounds follow with the tournament wrapping up with a Final round to determine the champion.