Patent ID: 8231454

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) enabling a player to place a wager on a first play of a primary card game; (b) if the wager is placed on said first play of the primary card game, said first play of the primary card game including a first player hand and a first dealer hand: (i) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions stored in at least one memory device to generate a primary card game outcome for said first play of the primary card game, (ii) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with at least one display device to display any primary awards based on the primary card game outcome to the player, (iii) providing any primary awards, (iv) if the player places a separate wager on a secondary game and if the primary card game outcome for said first play of the primary card game includes a designated outcome, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to accumulate a number of secondary game elements associated with the first player hand for use in the secondary game, wherein each of said secondary game elements includes a component generated in the first play of the primary card game, and (v) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display any accumulated secondary game elements; (c) enabling the player to place a wager on a second play of the primary card game; and (d) if the wager is placed on said second play of the primary card game, said second play of the primary card game including a second player hand and a second dealer hand: (i) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to generate a primary card game outcome for said second play of the primary card game, (ii) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display any primary awards based on the primary card game outcome for said second play of the primary card game to the player, (iii) providing any primary awards, (iv) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to generate a secondary game outcome based on a comparison of any secondary game elements associated with the second dealer hand and any secondary game elements accumulated prior to said second play of the primary card game, (v) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display any secondary game awards based on the secondary game outcome to the player, and (vi) providing any secondary game awards.