Patent ID: 8387987
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method to play a wagering game using cards, the method comprising: providing a physical deck of playing cards; receiving an ante wager from a player; dealing, using a hand forming scanning shuffler, player's cards which form all or part of a player's hand and dealer's cards which form all or part of a dealer's hand; determining a dealer's action using the values of the dealer's cards which are determined using an electronic processor but not the player's cards, the dealer's action being determined by the electronic processor by using a table comprising predefined dealer's card categories, respective dealer's actions, and weighted probabilities, and electronically displaying the dealer's action; receiving a player's choice of action, the player's choice of action being chosen from a set of actions comprising play and fold; providing predetermined rules that provide: a) if the player's choice of action is fold, then the player loses the ante wager; b) if the player's choice of action is play, then a play wager is received from the player, the play wager being determined based on the dealer's action and the ante wager and play wager are resolved based on a relationship between the player's hand and the dealer's hand; and implementing the predetermined rules.