Patent ID: 7549642

Claim:
A method of conducting a card game played between a dealer and a player using playing cards according to the conventional rules of Blackjack, the improvement comprising: providing a physical deck of playing cards; said player making a game wager; said player opting to place a bust wager; dealing two cards to form an initial dealer hand; dealing two cards to form an initial player hand; forming a final player hand by dealing at least one additional card to said initial player hand or standing on said initial player hand according to said conventional rules of Blackjack; said dealer forming a final dealer hand by dealing at least one additional card to said initial dealer hand or standing on said initial dealer hand according to said conventional rules of Blackjack; issuing a reward to said player on the player's game wager if the final player hand outranks the final dealer hand according to said conventional rules of Blackjack and collecting the player's game wager if the final dealer hand outranks the final player hand according to said conventional rules of Blackjack; if said dealer busts according to said conventional rules of Blackjack, and said final dealer hand includes three playing cards, issuing a reward to said player based on said bust wager; and if said dealer does not bust according to said conventional rules of Blackjack, or said dealer busts according to said conventional rules of Blackjack with a final dealer hand including four or more playing cards, collecting said bust wager, wherein said reward based on said bust wager varies according to the value of the third playing card causing the dealer to bust.