Beat the dealer 21 card game

Abstract

A method of playing the card game of Twenty-one or “Black Jack” involving a variation modification which allows a player to place a side wager in addition to the initial wager or ante, wherein the side wager allows a player to win if one of the printed cards grouped together on the layout, referred to as the “players hand”, matches the dealer's up card. This additional wager is paid according to predetermined odds, such as two-to-one odds, or three-to-two odds. The house only wins the side wager if there is no matching card. The dealer now reconciles the payoff or collection of the side wagers according to house policy. The side wager variation is now complete and the Twenty-one game is played out according to the conventional method of play and the normal winning and losing hands are paid or collected by the dealer.

1 . A method of including an optional separate wagering feature in a standard game of Twenty-One comprising the steps of: 
 a) a player making a first wager to participate in the standard game of Twenty-One;    b) a player making a second wager, at the time that the first wager is made, on the dealer's initial up card;    c) the player participating in the standard game of Twenty-One conducted according to the standard method of play;    d) the player participating in a second wager that the dealer's initial up card will be a ten, jack, queen, king, or ace;    e) the player will win on his second wager at predetermined payoff odds of two-to-one if the dealer's initial up card is any black ace.    f) the player will win on his second wager at predetermined payoff odds of three-to-two if the dealer's initial up card is any ten, jack, queen, king, or red ace;    g) the player will lose his second wager if the dealer's initial up card is not a ten, a face card, or an ace;    h) an addition, to the typical Twenty-One layout, is the placement of 20 miniature playing cards printed side by side inside a semicircle;    i) an addition of three colored markers used by the dealer to validate the second wager outcome;    j) a restriction placed on the game variation that only a single deck or a continuous shuffler be used in the play of the game;    k) a player's first wager limits and second wager limits are determined by the house rules.    
   
   
       2 . A method as in  claim 1 , wherein the dealer upon turning up his up card will immediately proceed to validate the results of the second wager by placing a winning or losing marker at the center of the layout.  
   
   
       3 . A method as in  claim 2 , wherein if the up card is a black ace the dealer places a green marker showing 2 to 1 payoff odds.  
   
   
       4 . A method as in  claim 2 , wherein if the up card is a ten, jack, queen, king, or a red ace the dealer places a yellow marker showing 3 to 2 payoff odds.  
   
   
       5 . A method as in  claim 2 , wherein if the up card is not a ten, jack, queen, king, or an ace the dealer places a red marker showing that there is no match.