Patent ID: 7665737

Claim:
A method of playing a wagering game, comprising: providing a physical deck of playing cards; placing a first wager to participate in a casino blackjack-type game; placing a second wager to participate in a side bet; resolving said first wager through completion of said casino blackjack-type game under conventional rules of blackjack including each player receiving cards to form an initial blackjack hand, allowing players to receive additional cards, a player busting if an additional card received by the player results in the player's final blackjack hand exceeding 21, and the busting player forfeiting said first wager; resolving said second wager for only the players that received an additional card resulting in the players' hand busting during the playing of the conventional blackjack game, and identifying the additional card as a bust playing card; separating the bust playing card from all other playing cards used in the busted players' hand in the conventional blackjack game, and discarding all the other playing cards from play; combining only said bust playing card with a plurality of subsequently dealt playing cards to define a poker hand; evaluating said poker hand according to a winning event table; and making a payout on said second wager for one of a plurality of winning outcomes.