Patent ID: 8342531
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. An improved method for conducting a blackjack-style card game using a processor executing code to send virtual images of playing cards to a display system at each player position, the blackjack-style card game being played between a virtual dealer and at least one electronic player position at a physical gaming table according to the predetermined rules of blackjack card games utilizing virtual playing cards where all face cards count ten, aces count one or eleven, and all other cards count their face value, in which at each player position that receives an initial wager, the processor executes code such that the virtual dealer randomly distributes an initial player position hand of two virtual cards to each player position and at least one virtual card to the virtual dealer, the improved method comprising the processor recognizing when a player position splits a pair of equal count cards, the processor recognizes that the player position places an additional wager, and the processor executes code to provide a first hit card with the first card in the split pair of equal count cards, the processor recognizing the player position exercising a split undo option in which the player position combines the count of the first virtual hit card with the combined count of the pair of equal count virtual cards and forms a single virtual blackjack hand.