Method for playing a casino game
OwnerDavid Guy de Kellerinventor
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Abstract
A modified method for playing Blackjack is set forth wherein the players each make a first wager to participate in the Blackjack game and a second wager, the second wagers accumulated to form a pot. The pot, less any levy for the casino, is awarded to the player according to the various embodiments thereof to the player(s) (i)having a final hand count closest to but not exceeding 21, (ii) the highest count based upon the initial two cards dealt to the player or (iii) the player(s) having a Blackjack. A portion of the pot may be allocated to form a jackpot awarded to players based upon there obtaining a predetermined holding.
Claims6
A method for playing a modified Blackjack game wherein each player makes a first wager to participate in the game, said player's first wagers resolved by comparing each player's final hand against a dealer hand according to the rules of the game with player winning their first wager, tying with the dealer, losing by having a hand value less than the dealer or busting by having a hand value exceeding a hand count of twenty-one, the method comprising:
- each player making a mandatory second wager, said player second wagers aggregated to form a pot;
- disqualifying players who bust from vying for the pot;
- comparing all players' hands who have not been disqualified to determine which players' hand(s) are closest to twenty-one;
- awarding the pot to the player having the hand value closest to twenty-one and splitting the pot between two or more players tying with equal hand values closest to twenty-one;
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- if all players have been disqualified by busting, carrying over said pot to the next succeeding hand.
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