Patent ID: 8360839
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming apparatus for a wagering card game, comprising: a video display; a processor haying a game program, and operating said video display; said game program using a standard deck of playing cards as a basis for gameplay, with said cards having numeric values based upon indicated numbers thereon, face cards being valued at ten, and aces being valued at one or eleven; a wagering input for a wager to be placed by a player, and registering said wagering input; said game program randomly dealing six cards from said deck to the player as a player hand, said player hand being displayed on said video display; six other cards being randomly dealt to a dealer as a dealer hand from the remainder of said deck at some point in said gameplay; a card-manipulation control device operable by the player for arranging said player hand in three two-card combinations on said video display, in sums with an objective of equaling or coming below target values of seven, fourteen and twenty-one, if possible, in respective combinations; said game program arranging said dealer hand in three two-card combinations in sums with the objective of equaling or coming below said target values, if possible, in respective combinations; said game program further restricting said dealer two-card combinations to first attempting to make twenty-one using the two highest value cards in the dealer hand without exceeding twenty-one; second attempting to make fourteen without exceeding fourteen if possible, and lastly using the remaining two cards in the dealer hand for the seven target value, said dealer two-card combinations being displayed on said video display at some point in said gameplay; said game program evaluating said player and dealer combinations, with any player combination exceeding its respective target value constituting a bust; any player combination which does not exceed its respective target value and which exceeds said dealer's combination constituting a win; and any player combination which is the same as said dealer's combination and which does not exceed its respective target value constituting a push; and said game program determining a payout, if any, based upon outcomes of said player and dealer combinations according to a predetermined payout methodology, and a mechanism yielding said payout to the player.