Table game, related tournament and entertainment broadcast

A method of playing a table card game tournament comprising:

• a) selecting a card game having rules suitable for play by four or more players at a table under control of a dealer to deal cards, manage bets, determine a winner and provide a corresponding payout, said rules provide for elimination of a player after play of multiple games until a non-eliminated winner of a series of games is determined, a number of games in said series being essentially randomly determined for each series;
• b) providing a number of gaming tables, each one of said gaming tables having places for said players arranged to play in at least two groups of at least two of said players;
• c) determining a first number of players participating in said tournament, said first number being greater than a number of places at said number of gaming tables;
• d) dividing said first number of players into a second number of said groups of equal number of players;
• e) assigning some of said groups of said players from said second number of groups to fill said places at said gaming tables and play said card game;
• f) managing bets from said players and determining said winner and corresponding payout in accordance with said rules of said game within each of said groups;
• g) dealing cards to said players in accordance with said rules of said game as if said players were part of a single group;
• h) until all said groups have been assigned to play, replacing groups of said players with groups not yet assigned to play in step (e) as series of games are completed for said groups, and continuing play of said game for a remainder of said groups for which the series of games is not completed, wherein at least some of said tables comprise groups advanced in the play of their series and groups beginning in the play of their series;
• i) continuing a second round of said tournament with said non-eliminated winners.

A method of delivering a broadcast entertainment program, the method comprising:

• selecting a table card game having rules suitable for play by four or more players at a table under control of a dealer to deal cards, manage bets, determine a winner and provide a corresponding payout;
• providing a gaming table with places for said players arranged to play in at least two groups of at least two of said players;
• managing bets from said players and determining said winner and corresponding payout in accordance with said rules of said game within each of said groups;
• dealing cards to said players in accordance with said rules of said game as if said players were part of a single group;
• collecting information for spectators of said game including cards dealt to and bets made by each one of said players;
• organizing said information for spectators to follow said game as played within each of said groups at said table;
• broadcasting said information for spectators within said entertainment program.