US 2011/0300918 A1Published application

Three card blackjack

OwnerMerrill SPARAGOinventor

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Abstract

The invention relates to a modified blackjack game between a dealer and at least one player. After placing initial wagers, three cards are dealt to each player and two cards dealt to the dealer. The game design allows players to either retain their initial three cards for play, or divide their cards into separate hands. Dividing cards into separate hands requires additional wagers. Players may use their initial three cards by standing or hitting to reach a hand that is higher than the dealers without exceeding twenty one, players may divide their three cards in any fashion that will provide them with the best opportunity to obtain a hand under the conventional rules of blackjack, players will have the choice to play to thirty, thirty-one, or thirty two, and players will have the option of surrendering their initial wager.

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Dependent claims

A method of playing a modified blackjack game between a dealer and at least one player using at least one standard deck of playing cards, comprising:

a) receiving a first wager from the at least one player;
b) dealing first and second cards to the at least one player and the dealer;
e) dealing a third card to the at least one player to form an original three card hand;
f) revealing the second card dealt to the dealer;
g) completing each player's hand by an action selected from at least one of the following:
(i) using said three cards to complete the hand according to conventional rules of blackjack;
(ii) dividing said three cards into two hands using two of said three cards to complete one hand and one of said three cards to complete the second hand according to conventional rules of blackjack, and receiving a second and third wager,
(iii) dividing the cards into three one card hands, and receiving a second and third wager from the at least one player,
(iv) playing to thirty two when the original three card hand total twenty two, which represents the highest hand and is paid automatically,
(v) winning automatically on predetermined hand totals, and
(vi) surrendering the original three card hand,
h) completing said dealer's hand according to the conventional rules of blackjack;
and
i) resolving at least one of said first, second, and third wagers by an action selected from the group consisting of:
(i) resolving said first wager when the at least one player elects to complete the three card hand according to conventional rules of blackjack;
and (ii) collecting said first wager and resolving said second wager and said third wager according to conventional rules of blackjack if the player divided the said three cards into a two card hand and a one card hand, (iii) resolving said wagers one, two, and three, if the player decided to split the cards into three one card hands, (iv) resolving said wager one against a pay scale if the player opted to play to thirty two or wins automatically based on predetermined hand totals, or (v) forfeiting said wager one and retaining wager's two and three should the player declare his three card hand unplayable and not proceed any further with the hand after receiving the initial three cards.

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A computer readable medium having a program stored thereon, executable by a computer, the program configured to play a modified blackjack game against at least one player using at least one standard deck of playing cards, comprising:

a) receiving a first wager from the at least one player;
b) dealing first and second cards to the at least one player and the dealer;
e) dealing a third card to the at least one player to form an original three card hand;
f) revealing the second card dealt to the dealer;
g) completing each player's hand by an action selected from at least one of the following:
(i) using said three cards to complete the hand according to conventional rules of blackjack;
(ii) dividing said three cards into two hands using two of said three cards to complete one hand and one of said three cards to complete the second hand according to conventional rules of blackjack, and receiving a second and third wager,
(iii) dividing the cards into three one card hands, and receiving a second and third wager from the at least one player,
(iv) playing to thirty two when the original three card hand total twenty two, which represents the highest hand and is paid automatically,
(v) winning automatically on predetermined hand totals, and
(vi) surrendering the original three card hand,
h) completing said dealer's hand according to the conventional rules of blackjack;
and
i) resolving at least one of said first, second, and third wagers by an action selected from the group consisting of:
(i) resolving said first wager when the at least one player elects to complete the three card hand according to conventional rules of blackjack;
and (ii) collecting said first wager and resolving said second wager and said third wager according to conventional rules of blackjack if the player divided the said three cards into a two card hand and a one card hand, (iii) resolving said wagers one, two, and three, if the player decided to split the cards into three one card hands, (iv) resolving said wager one against a pay scale if the player opted to play to thirty two or wins automatically based on predetermined hand totals, or (v) forfeiting said wager one and retaining wager's two and three should the player declare his three card hand unplayable and not proceed any further with the hand after receiving the initial three cards.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.