WINNER: Tyrone Jackson

Born and bred in the gritty streets of Chicago, this Windy City kid is a master at blowing away his competition...There were gale force winds blowing tonight!

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PLAYERS:
The players are Erica Schoenberg, Ron Saccavino, Tyrone Jackson, David "Devilfish" Ulliott, Willard DuBois, Lupe Sherman, and Fred David.

The most accomplished blackjack-tournament player in the group is Fred David, though Tyrone Jackson and the table's two women, Erica Schoenberg and Lupe Sanchez, are all experienced players. Willard DuBois is new to tournament play, but he's renowned in blackjack for his live-game skills. Devilfish is one of the world's top poker-tournament pros, with two World Poker Tour championships and a World Series of Poker bracelet on his resume. Ron Saccavino is the Internet qualifier.

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ELIMINATION:
Hand 8: The first Elimination Hand is cut short by a dealer natural and Internet qualifier Ron Saccavino is first off the table when Tyrone Jackson holds back more chips, $22,000 to $15,000.

Hand 16: Tyrone survives another EH when his natural locks out Fred David. Fred uses the poker term "drawing dead," which means he has no chance to win and he becomes the second player to be eliminated.

Hand 23: Devilfish loses consecutive $30,000 bets and goes out in fourth place.

Hand 25: The third Elimination Hand is unkind to Erica Schoenberg, who has to win her hand to advance, but only pushes.

Hand 28: Lupe Sherman makes a big bet, but Willard Dubois is all in. When he loses, he's eliminated in third place.

Last Hand
Because of Lupe's big bet on hand 28, she was effectively eliminated when she lost that hand. She uses hand 24 to make a graceful exit by surrendering. Throughout the match, Lupe surrendered often and Tyrone kidded her about it. It was a clever way for Lupe to concede defeat to Tyrone, who wins his first major blackjack title.

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SEASON ONE RECAP:
Episode 1: The final table is a powerhouse, featuring great play, a classic good-versus-evil scenario...

Episode 2: This is an emotion-packed contest, with tempers flaring (between Matthews and Pine) in later rounds...

Episode 3: If anything, this episode demonstrates that you're not out till you're out. Tyrone Jackson is down to just $15,000 on hand 9...

Episode 4: This is a strategy-packed match that provides plenty of fodder, as you'll see, for Strategy Notes...

Episode 5: The match is a roller-coaster ride of ups and downs, featuring a couple of excellent strategic plays and the first playoff of the UBT series...

Episode 6: It's a shootout. At hand 25, the three remaining players—Monica, Jennifer, and Angie—have nearly $1 million among them...

Episode 7: As has been the case earlier in this season, the repeat players, Gary Debernardi and John Cernuto, fair much better the second time around...

Episode 8: Dave gets battered mid-match and has to climb back from a significant deficit to get to heads-up play with Erica Schoenberg...

Episode 9: All of the players obviously have tournament chops. Ken Smith is the consensus favorite, but David Matthews, Adriana Jade, and Hollywood Dave are all considered prominent...

Episode 10: With huge bragging rights on the line (not to mention the prize money), the players are dialed in for this one and there are loads of high-end...

SEASON TWO RECAP:
Episode 1: This wasn't a timid table, but the eliminations came slowly and there were three players all the way to the 30th hand...

Episode 2: As it often does, it came down to cards in the end—but rather than it being about who got them, it was more about who didn't...

Episode 3: With two seasoned blackjack-tournament pros (Anthony and Blair) and one poker-tournament superstar...

Episode 4: This match will go down as one of the strangest and best in UBT history...

Episode 5: The blackjack players excelled on this day, with Ken Einiger and Adriana Jade steadily pulling away from the field...

Episode 6: Chips flew early in this match and three players, including Ken Smith, were already gone by the end of hand 8...

Episode 7: The final table of the UBT's first Poker vs. Blackjack Superstar Showdown features an interesting mix of poker and blackjack luminaries...

Episode 8: The three "favorites" mentioned above go out before the third Elimination Hand and the All-Stars contest comes down to the unlikely trio...