Patent ID: 8556697

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one input device; at least one display device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device to: (i) display a plurality of player hands of cards, said cards selected from a plurality of cards of at least one deck of cards; (ii) determine at least one dealer's hand of said cards from said at least one deck of cards; (iii) display the value of at least one but not all of the cards of the dealer's hand; (iv) display a first offer set of said cards including a plurality of, but less than all of the cards from the at least one deck of cards; (v) enable a player to select at least one of the cards from the displayed first offer set and for each selected card, select one of the displayed player hands to add the selected card to; (vi) for each selected card from the displayed first offer set, add the card to the displayed player hand selected by the player for the selected card; (vii) if the player adds any cards from the displayed first offer set to the one of the displayed player hands, enable the player to request a second offer set of the cards; (viii) if the player requests the second offer set of the cards: (a) display the second offer set of said cards, the displayed second offer set including a plurality of, but less than all of the cards from the at least one deck of cards; (b) enable the player to select at least one of the cards from the displayed second offer set and for each selected card, select one of the displayed player hands to add the selected card to; and (c) for each selected card from the displayed second offer set, add the card to the displayed player hand selected by the player for the selected card; (ix) determine whether to add any additional cards to the dealer's hand; (x) for each of said additional cards, add said additional card to said dealer's hand based on said determination; (xi) display the values of said dealer's hand; and (xii) if a total value of any of the displayed player hands is greater than a total value of the dealer's hand, determine and display an award.