Patent ID: 7380794

Claim:
A method of playing a modified version of blackjack between participants including a dealer and one or more players, said method comprising: each player placing a first wager to participate in a standard blackjack game against the dealer; each player and the dealer placing a side wager into a side wager pot; the dealer dealing a two-card hand to each player and a two-card hand to the dealer; the dealer and each player playing out the hands according to the standard method of playing blackjack; if only one participant has a final hand count that is higher than all other final hand counts without exceeding twenty-one, awarding the side wager pot to that participant and not awarding the side wager pot to any participant if two or more participants have a final hand count that is higher than all other final hand counts without exceeding twenty-one; and subsequent to not awarding the side wager pot to any participant because two or more participants have a final hand count that is higher than all other final hand counts without exceeding twenty-one, the dealer and each player electing to continue to compete for the side wager pot places another side wager into the side wager pot, whereafter subsequent hands are played out according to the standard method of playing blackjack and if only one participant has a final hand count that is higher than all other final hand counts without exceeding twenty-one, the side wager pot is awarded to that participant.