Patent ID: 8747203

Claim:
A method to proliferate a modified gaming process for playing blackjack utilizing at least one common or modified deck of cards for application to a wholly new alternative play action strategy and procedure, whereby directly benefiting housemasters and players thereof, comprising: a modified gaming process for playing blackjack utilizing at least one common or modified deck of cards in play; with, said gaming process having each player establish an initial base contract wager to play the game; and, said process having a player's hand, and a dealer's adversarial hand, being dealt; said each player receiving an initial two-cards up or down, to establish an initial two-card hand-count of up to twenty-one for play action; along with said dealer receiving an initial two-cards, one as an up-card, and one as a down facing hole-card, that establishes said dealer's initial adversarial hand-count at play for the round; awarding all initial two-card winning blackjacks, and side-bet hand-count tallies according to prevailing rules for payoffs; prompting said players to then assess their own initial two-cards, simultaneously along with said dealer's up-card to evaluate and pursue a solution for general advantage, aimed at continuing play against said dealer's hand, or to move to bypass said continuing play against said dealer's hand; providing said players with a routing selection option for pursuit of said player's hand through the means of an alternative bypassing strategy for play action, being more broadly applied as a means to deploy a secondary decisions process, for offering said player thereof, a variety of wagering options during play, via the means of a propositions process for play, being opted into, prior to said player drawing any additional cards, whereby playing out said player's hand into said alternative bypassing strategy means for accessing said propositions process; having all such play actions as associated with said alternative bypass strategy means for play, being accessed via the procedural processes of said propositions means for wagering, that begins and ends its play action thereof, for said players hand, before the dealer reveals said down facing hole-card to players at large, which further occurs during the traditional completion of said dealer's hand through each round of play; also, said players may inherently opt into assessing their own said initial two-cards, simultaneously along with said dealer's up-card, for a decision to stand-pat, or to draw additional cards, to pursue a traditional primary or secondary base variety of play options, as to complete said player's hand, being played out against said dealer's final standing adversarial hand and outcome, for said round of play.