Patent ID: 8308540

Claim:
A method for establishing a no dealer hand twenty-one style gaming process using at least one common deck of fifty-two physical playing cards for application to a wholly new play action concept, resulting in the provision of a more mathematically malleable core margin variance, directly benefiting housemasters and players thereof, comprising: said gaming process utilizing the at least one common deck of fifty-two physical playing cards for uses in a no dealer hand process of twenty-one style play action; said gaming process having each player placing an initial base contract wager to play the game; having said each player receive an initial physical two-cards to establish an initial first two-card hand count tally of up to twenty-one for play action; awarding all first two-card winning hand count tallies according to predetermined payoffs; having said each player assess their said initial first two-card hand count tallies for a decision to stand pat, or to draw additional cards to pursue play action; said gaming process having said no dealer hand and using a trigger number means as a replacement for a dealer's hand amidst play action, wherein said trigger number means substantially comprises any numbers from twelve up to twenty; awarding all hand count tallies of three or more cards according to predetermined payoffs responsive to said player standing upon any applied trigger number, push number or winning number being used in play from said trigger number means; settling all sacked hand count tallies, short of a first applied trigger number being used, as wins for the house; and settling all said hand count tallies busting over twenty-one as wins for the house.