Patent ID: 8096555
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting a card game between at least one player and a dealer, comprising: defining a finite set of playing cards; conducting a game hand for said player comprising: (a) receiving a wager from said player; (b) dealing an initial player hand of two cards to said player from said finite set cumulatively excluding all cards dealt in previous game hands, if any, and dealing an initial dealer hand of two cards to said dealer from said finite set cumulatively excluding all cards dealt in previous game hands, if any; (c) completing a player game hand by dealing one or more additional cards to said initial player hand, standing on the initial player hand; (d) completing a dealer game hand by dealing one or more additional cards to said initial dealer hand, or standing on the initial dealer hand; and (e) determining an outcome of said game hands and resolving said wager; and (f) excluding all cards dealt to the player game hand and dealer game hand, accumulated with all cards dealt in previous game hands, if any, from play in a subsequent game hand; notifying the player of the exclusion of cards from play as a result of being dealt in previous game hands, if any, by providing the player with information about the finite set remaining until a restoration event; conducting additional sequential game hands of steps (a)-(f) until said restoration event; and upon said restoration event, restoring excluded game indicia to said finite set.