Patent ID: 7878892

Claim:
A system for playing a casino table game involving wagering by a plurality of participants who attend and participate in the game about the system at a live game location, comprising: a plurality of participant displays which provide a plurality of changeable participant display images, the plurality of participant display images including virtual symbol images assigned to the participants which are displayed by the plurality of participant displays; a tangible processor-readable storage medium containing instructions; at least one game processor in communication with the tangible processor-readable storage medium, the game processor executing the instructions to perform: providing house rules which at least partially administer play of the game; assigning virtual symbols from a virtual symbol set to the participants; instructing the participant video displays to display virtual symbol images depending upon the virtual symbols assigned to the participants; analyzing the virtual symbols assigned to each participant to determine a single best strategy for each individual participant with respect to currently applicable rules of said house rules generated by said at least one game processor; displaying to each individual participant the best strategy based on the virtual symbols assigned to that participant; wherein the best strategy recommends a next play for the individual participant to optimize a chance of winning the table game; wherein the best strategy determination is calculated from applying one or more strategy tables to a data structure containing information about each participant and the virtual symbols assigned to each participant; and wherein the system automatically updates each best strategy in response to editing the house rules.