I need Blackjack Tournament help

I'll be going to Laughlin soon and I checked on the web and there are some free blackjack tournaments running. The one I'm thinking of entering doesn't have a cash prize, just entrance into a cash prize tourny though AVI has a weekly Sundy cash prize, no entry fee tourny, pretty nifty if you live in Laughlin.

I'm not sure of the format but each player gets $500 in tourny chips, don't know how many hands. Does anyone know or have any idea how I should be betting in this situation?

you won't be sorry.

BigPlayers advice is excellent, & there are far too many formats & situations for people to advise you, you need the boo

Thanks for the advise, I think I'll try a tourny and if it's fun I'll go ahead and buy the book.

Best to start out small, let others come out steaming. The advantage is with the house so why not let the dealer work for you. If your behind late in the round then you can increase your bets. To advance to the next round is all you want, so staying around until the end is very important. Once at the finals it's do or die, I still would start out small. If you don't catch the cards it dosen't matter anyway. And remember your playing the other players so pay attention to their chips, late in the round if in the lead match their bets to avoid losing the lead. If behind bet more to catch up, or if they bet big you can go small and hope the dealer wins. One last thing "COUNTING" is not advantagous in tournament play because of the limited number of hands. Good luck in Laughlin.