Patent ID: 8651490
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of conducting a wagering game over a communication network, comprising the steps of: a) receiving a wager relating to a monetary amount at stake in the underlying wagering game through one or more player interfaces displayed on one or more communication devices in communication with the communication network; b) responsive to receiving the wager, generating a random initial hand of at least eight playing cards for one or more players and a dealer for display on the one or more player interfaces; c) comparing the initial dealer hand generated with a qualifying preset criteria, wherein the qualifying preset criteria includes a specific rank which the initial dealer hand generated must achieve, wherein the comparison of the initial dealer hand with qualify preset criteria is facilitated by at least one data processing device in communication with the communication network; d) responsive to the satisfaction of the qualifying preset criteria, requesting instructions through the one or more player interfaces relating to the division of each initial hand generated into two sub-hands of a preset amount of playing cards for the initial hand of each of the one or more players and actuating the division of the initial hand of the dealer, wherein the resulting two sub-hands for any one of the one or more players and the dealer must have a different rank in the underlying game; and e) responsive to the receipt of information relating to the division of each initial hand, settling the wager received relating to a monetary amount at stake by providing a payout corresponding with the underlying game wager received for each player of the one or more players if a player's two sub-hands of playing cards are of a higher rank than the dealer's corresponding two sub-hands of playing cards, wherein the settling of the wager received is facilitated by the at least one data processing device in communication with the communication network.