Blackjack double down options

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 after the player exercises the double down option by placing a double down wager and taking a single hit card, resolving the player hand by one of the following steps:

• i. If the player doubles down on a predetermined count of his hand and the player's count total equals a predetermined value after taking the hit card, the player loses only one of the initial wager and the double down wager if the dealer hand beats the player hand;
• ii. If the player doubles down on a total of 10 and draws a 10, the player hand will push or lose one of the initial wager and the double down wager, if the dealer hand has 21;
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• iii. If one or more of the following criteria can be satisfied, reward the player at a rate against at least one player wager of more than 1 to 1 if the player beats the dealer hand:
• a) the final player hand has a predetermined total;
• b) the hit card has a predetermined rank;
• c) the point spread between the final player hand the final dealer hand matches a predetermined value or range;
• d) the dealer's up card or hole card has a predetermined rank or falls within a predetermined range;
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• e) the final dealer hand has a predetermined total.