Patent ID: 8474821

Claim:
An improved method for conducting a blackjack-style card game using: a processor sending virtual images of playing cards to a display system at each player position, the blackjack-style card game being played between a dealer position and at least one player position at a physical gaming table according to the predetermined rules of blackjack card games utilizing playing cards where all face cards count ten, aces count one or eleven, and all other cards count their face value, in which the processor recognizes each player position making an initial wager and the processor randomly distributes an initial player position hand of two cards to each player position and at least one card to the dealer position, the improved method comprising after the player position exercises a double down option by placing a double down wager and taking a single hit card, the processor resolving the player position hand by one of the following steps: i. If the player position doubles down on a predetermined count of his hand and the player's position count total equals a predetermined value after taking the hit card, the processor effects that the player position loses only one of the initial wager and the double down wager if the dealer position hand beats the player position hand; ii. If the player position doubles down on a total of 10 and draws a 10, the player position hand will be caused by the processor to always push or lose exactly one of the initial wager and the double down wager, if the dealer position hand has 21; and iii. If one or more of the following criteria can be satisfied, reward the player position at a rate against at least one player position wager of more than 1 to 1 if the player position hand beats the dealer position hand: a) the final player position hand has a predetermined total; b) the hit card has a predetermined rank; c) the point spread between the final player position hand the final dealer position hand matches a predetermined value or range; d) the dealer's position up card or hole card has a predetermined rank or falls within a predetermined range; and e) the final dealer position hand has a predetermined total.