Patent ID: 7210683

Claim:
An improved method for conducting a card game played between a dealer and at least one player according to the conventional rules of Blackjack utilizing playing cards, or electronic representations thereof, where Jacks, Queens, and Kings are counted as ten, Aces are counted as one or eleven, and all other cards are counted as face value, in which each player makes an initial wager, the dealer randomly distributes an initial player hand of two cards, or electronic representations thereof, to each player and at least one card, or electronic representation thereof, to the dealer, the improved method comprising the steps of: defining a pay table for traditional blackjack hands comprising an initial hand of one ace and one ten-value card, said pay table including at least two different payouts for traditional blackjack hands such that a player is rewarded a first payout for obtaining a traditional blackjack when the dealer receives a face-up card contained in a first set and a second payout different from said first payout for obtaining a traditional blackjack when the dealer receives a face-up card contained in a second set; examining said initial player hand for a traditional blackjack hand; rewarding each player having a traditional blackjack according to said pay table and said player's initial wager; and for each player not having a traditional blackjack hand, forming a final hand according to said conventional rules of Blackjack.