Blackjack options
AssigneeBetWiser Games, LLC
InventorShenli Ko
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Abstract
A method for conducting blackjack-style wagering games includes favorable player options to enhance its appeal. The player elects to undo a pair of initial cards in a two-card blackjack hand split to increase his chance of winning his hand.
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An improved method for conducting a blackjack-style card game using A) physical playing cards at each player position or B) a processor sending virtual images of playing cards to a display system at each player position, the blackjack-style card game being played between a dealer and at least one player at a physical gaming table according to the predetermined rules of blackjack card games utilizing playing cards where all face cards count ten, aces count one or eleven, and all other cards count their face value, in which each player makes an initial wager and the dealer or a virtual dealer randomly distributes an initial player hand of two cards to each player and at least one card to the dealer, the improved method comprising if a player splits a pair of equal count cards, places an additional wager, and takes a first hit card with the first card in the split pair of equal count cards, the player exercising a split undo option which allows the player to exercise an option of one step selected from the group consisting of:
- i) accepting the first hit card, and standing or taking additional hit cards after the first hit card;
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- ii) combining the count of the first hit card with the combined count of the pair of equal count cards and forming a single blackjack hand.
An improved method for conducting a blackjack-style card game using a) physical playing cards at each player position or b) a processor sending virtual images of playing cards to a display system at each player position, the blackjack-style card game being played between a dealer and at least one player at a physical gaming table according to the predetermined rules of blackjack card games utilizing playing cards where all face cards count ten, aces count one or eleven, and all other cards count their face value, in which each player makes an initial wager and the dealer or a virtual dealer randomly distributes an initial player hand of two cards to each player and at least one card to the dealer, the improved method comprising if a player splits a pair of equal count cards, places an additional wager, and takes a first hit card with the first card in the split pair of equal count cards, the player exercising a split-and-share option which allows the player to exercise an option of one step selected from the group consisting of:
- i) keeping the first hit card with the first card of the split equal count cards as a first of two hands, and
- ii) using the first hit card as a count card with both the first card of the split equal count cards and the second card of the split equal count cards.
An improved method for conducting a blackjack-style card game using a) physical playing cards at each player position or b) a processor sending virtual images of playing cards to a display system at each player position, the blackjack-style card game being played between a dealer and at least one player at a physical gaming table according to the predetermined rules of blackjack card games utilizing playing cards where all face cards count ten, aces count one or eleven, and all other cards count their face value, in which each player makes an initial wager and the dealer randomly distributes an initial player hand of two cards to each player and at least one card to the dealer, the improved method comprising before the dealer hand is revealed, completed and compared to the player hand to determine the outcome, the player exercising a discard rescue option wherein when a player with a single hand takes a first hit card to form a first hand or splits a pair of equal count cards or unequal count cards and takes a first hit with the first card in the split pair of cards to form a first hand and a count of the first hand equals a predetermined value, the player exercises an option of one step selected from the group consisting of:
- i) keeping the first hand with a count of the predetermined value and playing that first hand;
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- ii) discarding any one of the three cards to leave a two card first hand and playing the two cards remaining in the first hand to conclusion of a hand of blackjack.
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