Method for playing blackjack with a two-card poker wager(21+ 2)

Abstract

Card games that combine the play of Blackjack (“21”) with a 2-card Poker wager or side bet (“21+2”). Each player places a basic Blackjack wager and an optional 2-card Poker wager/side wager before the cards are dealt. Each player is then dealt a card with the dealer receiving a face-up card. Each player is dealt a second card. At this point, the outcome of each 2-card Poker hand is determined, where a player's 2-card Poker hand consists of the 2-card hand dealt to that player and/or using the dealer's face-up card. After settling the Poker wagers, the game of Blackjack continues in a typical fashion. The invention advantageously retains all the features and advantages of Blackjack as well as provides the dynamics of 2-card Poker, without interfering with the card sequence, for enhanced player anticipation and enjoyment. The game can be played with Baccarat wherein each player places a basic player or banker or tie wager and an optional 2-card Poker wager/side wager before the cards are dealt.

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       43 . A method, comprising:
 providing a published set of game rules for a wagering card game comprising a first wagering game and a poker side wager game, a set of predetermined poker hand rankings, and a pay scale;   providing a game deck comprising a plurality of cards from at least one deck of playing cards;   accepting from a first player a first wager corresponding to the first wagering game;   accepting from the first player a second wager corresponding to the poker side wager game;   commencing the first wagering game by dealing at least two cards to one or more player hands from the game deck;   determining whether the first player wins the poker side wager game based on the set of predetermined poker hand rankings and based on a poker hand formed from at least two of the cards dealt to the player hands or to a dealer hand;   determining whether the first player wins the first wagering game according to the game rules; and   resolving the first wager and the second wager according to the games rules and the pay scale.   
   
   
       44 . The method of  claim 43 , wherein the first wagering game comprises a game of blackjack played between one or more players and a dealer. 
   
   
       45 . The method of  claim 43 , wherein the first wagering game comprises a game of baccarat played between one or more players and a banker. 
   
   
       46 . The method of  claim 43 , wherein determining whether the first player wins the poker side wager game comprises:
 identifying a first player poker hand comprising two or more cards in a player hand;   identifying a dealer poker hand comprising two or more cards in a dealer hand; and   comparing the first player poker hand to the dealer poker hand according to the set of predetermined poker hand rankings.   
   
   
       47 . The method of  claim 43 , wherein determining whether the first player wins the poker side wager game comprises:
 identifying a first player poker hand comprising two or more cards in a player hand; and   comparing the first player poker hand to the set of predetermined poker hand rankings and a corresponding set of payoffs.   
   
   
       48 . The method of  claim 43 , wherein the poker side wager game comprises a two card poker game and determining whether the first player wins the poker side wager game comprises:
 receiving from the first player a selection of one of the player hands or a dealer hand; and   identifying a first player poker hand comprising the first two cards dealt to the hand selected by the first player.   
   
   
       49 . The method of  claim 43 , wherein the poker side wager game comprises a two card poker game and determining whether the first player wins the poker side wager game comprises:
 receiving from the first player a selection of one of the player hands or a dealer hand; and   identifying a first player poker hand comprising the best two card poker hand possible from the cards in the hand selected by the first player.   
   
   
       50 . The method of  claim 43 , wherein the poker side wager game comprises a two card poker game and determining whether the first player wins the poker side wager game comprises:
 identifying a first player poker hand comprising the best two card poker hand possible from a combination of cards in a player hand and a dealer hand.   
   
   
       51 . The method of  claim 43 , wherein the poker side wager game comprises a three card poker game and determining whether the first player wins the poker side wager game comprises identifying a first player poker hand comprising three cards from a hand in the first wagering game. 
   
   
       52 . The method of  claim 43 , wherein the game rules comprise a rule that a player cannot increase the amount of that player's wager in the poker side wager game for subsequent hands of the first wagering game until the game deck is changed or reshuffled. 
   
   
       53 . A computing device, comprising:
 a processor;   a display device;   one or more user input controls;   memory storing instructions for controlling the computing device to perform a method comprising:
 providing a published set of game rules for a wagering card game comprising a first wagering game and a poker side wager game, a set of predetermined poker hand rankings, and a pay scale; 
 providing a game deck stored in the memory of the computing device corresponding to a plurality of cards from at least one deck of playing cards; 
 accepting via the user input controls from a first player a first wager corresponding to the first wagering game; 
 accepting via the user input controls from the first player a second wager corresponding to the poker side wager game; 
 commencing the first wagering game by dealing via the display device at least two cards to one or more player hands from the game deck; 
 determining whether the first player wins the poker side wager game based on the set of predetermined poker hand rankings and based on a poker hand formed from at least two of the cards dealt to the player hands or to a dealer hand; 
 determining whether the first player wins the first wagering game according to the game rules; and 
 resolving the first wager and the second wager according to the games rules and the pay scale. 
   
   
   
       54 . The computing device of  claim 53 , wherein the first wagering game comprises a game of blackjack played between one or more players and a dealer. 
   
   
       55 . The computing device of  claim 53 , wherein the first wagering game comprises a game of baccarat played between one or more players and a banker. 
   
   
       56 . The computing device of  claim 53 , wherein determining whether the first player wins the poker side wager game comprises:
 identifying a first player poker hand comprising two or more cards in a player hand;   identifying a dealer poker hand comprising two or more cards in a dealer hand; and   comparing the first player poker hand to the dealer poker hand according to the set of predetermined poker hand rankings.   
   
   
       57 . The computing device of  claim 53 , wherein determining whether the first player wins the poker side wager game comprises:
 identifying a first player poker hand comprising two or more cards in a player hand; and   comparing the first player poker hand to the set of predetermined poker hand rankings and a corresponding set of payoffs.   
   
   
       58 . The computing device of  claim 53 , wherein the poker side wager game comprises a two card poker game and determining whether the first player wins the poker side wager game comprises identifying a first player poker hand comprising two cards from a hand in the first wagering game. 
   
   
       59 . The computing device of  claim 53 , wherein the game rules comprise a rule that a player cannot increase the amount of that player's wager in the poker side wager game for subsequent hands of the first wagering game until the game deck is changed or reshuffled or randomized by the computing device. 
   
   
       60 . One or more computer readable media storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a computer system, perform a method comprising:
 providing a published set of game rules for a wagering card game comprising a first wagering game and a poker side wager game, a set of predetermined poker hand rankings, and a pay scale;   providing a game deck stored in a memory of the computer system corresponding to a plurality of cards from at least one deck of playing cards;   accepting from a first player a first wager corresponding to the first wagering game;   accepting from the first player a second wager corresponding to the poker side wager game;   commencing the first wagering game by dealing at least two cards to one or more player hands from the game deck;   determining whether the first player wins the poker side wager game based on the set of predetermined poker hand rankings and based on a poker hand formed from at least two of the cards dealt to the player hands or to a dealer hand;   determining whether the first player wins the first wagering game according to the game rules; and   resolving the first wager and the second wager according to the games rules and the pay scale.   
   
   
       61 . The computer readable media of  claim 60 , wherein the first wagering game comprises a game of blackjack played between one or more players and a dealer. 
   
   
       62 . The computer readable media of  claim 60 , wherein the first wagering game comprises a game of baccarat played between one or more players and a banker. 
   
   
       63 . The computer readable media of  claim 60 , wherein determining whether the first player wins the poker side wager game comprises:
 identifying a first player poker hand comprising two or more cards in a player hand;   identifying a dealer poker hand comprising two or more cards in a dealer hand; and   comparing the first player poker hand to the dealer poker hand according to the set of predetermined poker hand rankings.   
   
   
       64 . The computer readable media of  claim 60 , wherein determining whether the first player wins the poker side wager game comprises:
 identifying a first player poker hand comprising two or more cards in a player hand; and   comparing the first player poker hand to the set of predetermined poker hand rankings and a corresponding set of payoffs.   
   
   
       65 . The computer readable media of  claim 60 , wherein the poker side wager game comprises a two card poker game and determining whether the first player wins the poker side wager game comprises identifying a first player poker hand comprising two cards from a hand in the first wagering game. 
   
   
       66 . The computer readable media of  claim 60 , wherein the game rules comprise a rule that a player cannot increase the amount of that player's wager in the poker side wager game for subsequent hands of the first wagering game until the game deck is changed or reshuffled or randomized by the computer system.