Patent ID: 8672736

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one processor; at least one display device; at least one input device; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device, for a play of a card game, to: (a) determine a player set of at least two cards from a plurality of cards; (b) display face-up the cards of the player set; (c) determine a dealer set of at least two cards from the plurality of cards; (d) receive, from a player, a first discard input associated with at least one of the cards of the player set; (e) replace each card of the player set associated with the received first discard input with a player draw card from the plurality of cards to create a final player set including any cards of the player set that were not discarded and any player draw cards; (f) receive, from the player, first hand formation inputs associated with the cards of the final player set, and form a first player hand having a first quantity of cards and a second player hand having a second quantity of cards using the cards of the final player set based on the received first hand formation inputs; (g) display face-up the cards of the dealer set; (h) add a third quantity of one or more dealer draw cards from the plurality of cards to the dealer set to form a second dealer set; (i) discard a fourth of quantity of one or more cards from the second dealer set to create a final dealer set, wherein the fourth quantity and the third quantity are the same; (j) form a first dealer hand having the first quantity of cards and a second dealer hand having the second quantity of cards using the cards of the final dealer set; (k) determine any awards based on a comparison of the first and second player hands with the first and second dealer hands; and (l) display and provide any determined awards.