2 bet blackjack

Abstract

A gaming method and system that allows a player to wager varying amounts on whether that player will win or lose an additional bet, contingent on the makeup of the first two cards dealt to a player in the game of blackjack. The first two cards will fall under predetermined, posted category of “Good Hand” or “Bad Hand.” Each category will be made up of playing card combinations that most players would view as good or bad playing card point totals in the game of blackjack. The player will have three wagering options: (1) make only a conventional bet; (2) make only the additional bet by selecting either the “Good Hand” or the “Bad Hand” from the posted categories of “Good Hands” and “Bad Hands”; or (3) Make both a conventional blackjack bet and an additional bet.

1 . A method of playing blackjack comprising the steps of:
 (a) Providing a conventional bet receiving region and an additional bet receiving region for a “Good Hand—Bad Hand” bet;   (b) A player makes a conventional bet by placing the bet in said conventional bet receiving region, said conventional bet of a denomination within the denomination range permitted by the rules of the game and/or;   (c) The player makes a “Good Hand” or a “Bad Hand” additional bet by placing the bet in said additional bet receiving region, said “Good Hand” or “Bad Hand” bet of a denomination permitted by the rules of the game;   (d) Dealing the player and a dealer two cards each;   (e) Determining whether the two cards dealt the player represent a winning hand or a losing hand according to a listing of “Good Hand” playing card values and a listing of “Bad Hand” playing card values;   (f) Paying the player having a winning hand an amount equal to the “Good Hand” or “Bad Hand” additional bet or removing the losing bet from the additional bet receiving region for the “Good Hand” or “Bad Hand” bet;   (g) Dealing the player and the dealer additional cards after the “Good Hand—Bad Hand” additional bet is completed to complete the result of the conventional bet, unless the player determines not to take additional cards and the dealer is not permitted to take additional cards accorded to the rules of the blackjack game or not dealing additional cards to complete the results of the convention bet if no bets have been placed within said conventional region by any player, wherein said “Good Hand” playing card values comprise: Blackjack, Two Aces, Twenty, Nineteen, Eighteen, Soft Eighteen, Seventeen, Soft Seventeen, Eleven, Ten, and nine; and wherein said “Bad Hand” playing card values comprise: Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen, Twelve, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, and Three; and wherein a playing card value of Thirteen is considered a push.   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the playing card values of said “Good Hand” comprise playing card combinations evaluated as “good” in the game of Blackjack. 
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the playing card values of said “Bad Hand” comprise playing card combinations evaluated as “bad” in the game of Blackjack. 
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein each of said steps are incorporated in an electronic gaming device with multiple player video screen and bet selections. 
   
   
       5 . The method of  claims 1  wherein each of said steps are incorporated in a single play slot machine (video game) device. 
   
   
       6 . A method of playing blackjack comprising the steps of:
 providing a conventional bet receiving region and an additional bet chip receiving region for a “Good Hand—Bad Hand” bet;   each player making a conventional bet of a denomination within the denomination range permitted by the rules of the game; and/or   each player making a “Good Hand—Bad Hand” bet by placing the bet in said additional bet chip receiving region, the bet being of a denomination permitted by the rules of the game;   dealing each player and a dealer two cards each;   determining whether the two cards dealt each player represent a winning hand or losing hand according to a posted “Good Hand—Bad Hand” list; and   the dealer pays each player having a winning bet an amount equal to the “Good Hand—Bad Hand” bet located in the additional bet chip receiving region for a “Good Hand—Bad Hand” bet, wherein said “Good Hand” playing card values comprise: Blackjack, Two Aces, Twenty, Nineteen, Eighteen, Soft Eighteen, Seventeen, Soft Seventeen, Eleven, Ten, and nine; and wherein said “Bad Hand” playing card values comprise: Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen, Twelve, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, and Three.   
   
   
       7 . A method of playing a blackjack game between at least one player and a dealer using at least one standard deck of playing cards, comprising the steps of:
 providing each player with a posted list describing an additional bet of either a “Good Hand” bet or a “Bad Hand” bet;   providing each player a conventional blackjack bet-receiving region and an additional bet-receiving region;   each player placing a first wager, said first wager of each player identified as either a conventional blackjack bet or as said additional bet;   each player optionally placing a second wager, differing in identity from said first wager and identified as either said conventional blackjack bet or as said additional bet;   dealing each player placing at least said first wager an initial hand of two playing cards and dealing an initial hand of two playing cards to the dealer;   evaluating the initial hand of each player placing said additional bet and comparing a playing card point value for said initial hand to said posted list describing a plurality of “Good Hand” bet playing card point values and a plurality of “Bad Hand” bet playing card point values;   awarding each player obtaining a winning outcome;   continuing play of game for each player placing said conventional blackjack bet under rules of play for conventional blackjack, wherein said plurality of “Good Hand” playing card point values comprise playing card point values of 21, 20, 19, 18, soft eighteen (Ace and seven), soft sixteen (Ace and six), 11, 10, 9, and 2 (two Aces), and wherein said plurality of “Bad Hand” playing card point values comprise playing card point values of 16, 15, 14, 12 (not two Aces), 8 (not using an Ace), 6, 5, 4 or 3.   
   
   
       8 . A method according to  claim 7 , wherein a plurality of standard decks of playing cards are used. 
   
   
       9 . A method according to  claim 7 , wherein each said additional bet is exclusively identified as either said “Good Hand” bet or as said “Bad Hand” bet. 
   
   
       10 . A method according to  claim 9 , wherein placement of said additional bet is either in a “Good Hand” wagering area or in a “Bad Hand” wagering area. 
   
   
       11 . A method according to  claim 7 , wherein a playing card point value of 13 is considered a push.