Home Blackjack and Casino Party

It is party season, and you are ready to host a blow out that will be talked about for years to come. You want glamour; you want glitz; you want fun; and, most of all, you want to outdo your neighbour. What are your options? You could have the regular, theme-less cocktail event, which is sure to be classy and entertaining, but not necessarily fun and exciting. Or you could have a fun casino hire night - an evening rife with action, leaving participants heady not only from the bubbles of their champagne but from the thrill of the bet. And if you really want to prove you have style, you could have a blackjack tournament - a night filled with ‘Hit me!” “Twenty-One”, “We have a winner!” and “Better luck next time.”

But, how? How do you host the perfect blackjack event? Start with the basics. Figure out what you’ll need for a successful, fun evening. First on the list is room - will you have room enough to put at least one table if not two or three in your home? If there’s not at the moment, can you rearrange the furniture for a casino feel? If so, take the steps to make it happen, then look for a table; then look for a few more, because one is not enough if your goal is a truly fun casino night. You want to create the true feeling of Atlantic City or Las Vegas. You want guests to be able to start at one table and move to the next when their luck fades. You want the winner at table one to go head to head with the similar bloke at table three. You want fun, excitement, drama. You want a casino…in your living room. Once that is set up you are missing only two things - cards and dealers. Cards you can get anywhere (though there’s nothing nicer than a crisp, classic deck). What about the dealer? Should you find a fun casino hire or cross your fingers with amateurs?

The easy answer is always hire. Professionals know the ropes. They know how to keep players at the table even if they aren’t winning. They know how to spot a cheat, and they have the stamina and patience to continue dealing through the night, much longer than a volunteer or bored teenager might. Remember often your fun casino hire of choice will have blackjack tournament experience, which saves you the time of explaining the table rotation to each guest individually; chances are your neighbor doesn’t. But those aren’t their only advantages. Many fun casino hires come equipped with their own cards, and casino accessories. They will walk into your home, set everything up and turn toward your first guest, as well as your last, with a smile that begs for someone to sit down, try their luck and walk away with the pot.

They’ll leave with little responsibility beyond the initial booking and the payment. You’ll be able to spend the evening testing your skill against luck, and speaking of luck… Who wins in an home-casino blackjack tournament? Someone has to, and quite simply, it’s the person at the end of the night with the most chips. You don’t have to make good on the chips - just because he has $100,000 worth in his pockets doesn’t mean you owe him that. If there’s a clear winner give him a pre-selected prize, perhaps a book on casino strategy, a fun pack filled with cards, chips and beer, a voucher for a fun casino hire in the future or a pot filled by the guests as they entered and played throughout the night. It’s simple; it’s easy; and it’s the best way to get you off your feet and onto a stool, yelling hit me with the rest of your gambling guests. And who knows, maybe you’ll be the one yelling “Twenty-one” over and over again throughout the night.