Patent ID: 8382568

Claim:
A method to play a blackjack variation between a player and a dealer for a casino, the method comprising: executing the following operations on an electronic processing unit: receiving an initial wager from a player; dealing a player's initial two cards and a dealer's hand; providing doubling rules which comprise: a) offering the player an option to double on the initial two cards, and if the option to double is received from the player then receiving from the player a double wager and dealing to the player a double card face-up and a point total of the player equals a sum of the initial two cards and the double card; and b) if the option to double was received by the player then offering the player an option to replace the double card without requiring the player to place an additional wager, and if the option to replace the double card is received from the player then replacing the double card with a replacement double card without receiving any additional wager from the player and the point total of the player equals a sum of the initial two cards and the replacement double card; implementing the doubling rules; and continuing the blackjack game using predefined rules.