Patent ID: 8534671

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: causing at least one processor to operate with at least one display device and at least one input device to: (a) enable a player to place a primary wager; (b) deal only three cards to the player to form a player hand from a virtual deck of playing cards; (c) deal only three cards to form a dealer hand from the virtual deck of playing cards; (d) enable the player to select up to one card to replace in the player hand; (e) if the player selects one of the cards in the player hand to replace, replace the selected card in the player hand with a card from the virtual deck of playing cards; (f) replace up to one card in the dealer hand with a card from the virtual deck of playing cards according to a set of predetermined rules and based on the cards in the player's hand; and (g) compare a value of the player hand to a value of the dealer hand; and causing the at least one processor to provide a primary award to the player if the value of the player hand is greater than the value of the dealer hand.