Patent ID: 8434764

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising: for each play of a card game, causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions stored in at least one memory device to: (a) operate with at least one display device to display a plurality of individual blackjack hands to a player, each of the displayed individual blackjack hands including an initial plurality of cards; (b) operate with at least one input device to, for each of the displayed individual blackjack hands, enable the player to request at least one additional card to add to said displayed individual blackjack hand and add said at least one additional card to said displayed individual blackjack hand; (c) for each of the displayed individual blackjack hands, form a final individual blackjack hand, said final individual blackjack hand including the initial plurality of cards of said displayed individual blackjack hand and any additional cards added to said displayed individual blackjack hand; (d) after forming the final individual blackjack hands, designate a composite set of cards, said composite set of cards including at least one card from each of a plurality of the final individual blackjack hands; (e) for each of the final individual blackjack hands, evaluate said final individual blackjack hand to determine whether to provide a first award to the player; (f) evaluate the composite set of cards to determine whether to provide a second award to the player, said second award being in addition to any first awards provided to the player; and (g) if the at least one processor determines to provide any first awards or the second award to the player, cause said first awards or the second award to be provided to the player.