Patent ID: 8298075

Claim:
A method to play a blackjack game, the method comprising: executing on an electronic processing unit instructions that perform: providing a virtual deck(s) of cards; receiving a blackjack ante wager from a player and a poker ante wager; dealing player's cards, dealer's cards, an optional card, and community cards; offering the player an option to make an additional wager to discard one of the player's cards and activate the optional card and receiving the player's acceptance or denial of the option; determining the player's blackjack hand using the player's cards and the optional card if activated; determining the players poker hand using the player's cards, the community cards, and the optional card if activated; determining the dealer's blackjack hand and the dealer's poker hand; resolving the blackjack ante wager based on a relationship between the player's blackjack hand and the dealer's blackjack hand; and resolving the poker ante wager based on a relationship between the player's poker hand and the dealer's poker hand.