World cup of blackjack

Abstract

A method of playing a casino table wagering game of blackjack has the steps of: at least one player and preferably at least two players placing individual wagers on an underlying blackjack game; an initial 2-card common player hand is dealt; an initial 2-card dealer hand is dealt, with rank of one card of the initial 2-card dealer hand exposed to view; each player making independent decisions on the play of the player's hand to complete of the common hand for each individual player's hand using only community cards; completing the dealer's hand; and resolving all wagers. A series of player count identifying areas may be provided and individual player identifiers are placed in the areas. The player count areas comprise six areas separately representing player counts of a) 16 or less, b) 17; c) 18; d) 19; e) 20; and f) 21. The method may include at least two separate common player hands being dealt and individual players may elect to place a separate wager on either of the at least two hands or both of the at least two hands. The method may be used in a blackjack tournament and the tournament includes multiple tables and multiple rounds of play.

1 . A method of playing a casino table wagering game of blackjack using physical playing cards comprising the steps of:
 a dealer receiving individual wagers from at least one player on an underlying blackjack game;   the dealer providing a randomized set of physical playing cards;   the dealer dealing an initial 2-card common player hand of physical playing cards to the at least one player from the randomized set of physical playing cards;   the dealer providing an initial 2-card dealer hand so that as the initial 2-card dealer hand is dealt, rank of one card of the initial 2-card dealer hand exposed to view;   the dealer requiring each player to make independent decisions on the play of the player's hand to complete of the common hand for each individual player's hand, the dealer requiring each player to use only community cards from the randomized set of playing cards to complete the common hand;   the dealer completing the dealer's hand with physical playing cards from the randomized set of playing cards; and   the dealer resolving all wagers.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein physical cards from the randomized set of playing cards completing the common hand are dealt by the dealer to a common area viewable by each player. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein physical playing cards completing the common hand are dealt from the randomized set of playing cards, only to the common hand. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein a series of player physical playing card count identifying areas are provided and individual players place player identifiers in at least one of the player count identifying areas. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4  wherein the player count areas are present on a physical gaming table and the player count areas comprise six areas separately representing player counts of a) 16 or less, b) 17; c) 18; d) 19; e) 20; and f) 21 and a player places an individual player identifier into at least one player count area. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein at least two separate common player hands are dealt by the dealer and the dealer requires a separate wager from players on either of the at least two hands or both of the at least two hands. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 3  used in a blackjack tournament with multiple players receiving playing cards from the dealer from identically ordered randomized sets of playing cards. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the tournament includes multiple tables and multiple rounds of play. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8  wherein identical common player cards are used in hands provided by the dealer from the randomized set of playing cards at multiple tables for each round of play. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 7  wherein a series of player count identifying areas are provided and the dealer requires individual players to place player identifiers in at least one of the player count identifying areas. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the player count areas are on a physical gaming table and the player count areas comprise six areas separately representing player counts of a) 16 or less, b) 17; c) 18; d) 19; e) 20; and f) 21 and a player places an individual player identifier into at least one player count area. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the dealer provides player with decision cards and the dealer requires player to use the decision cards to indicate blackjack game decisions. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the dealer provides player with decision cards and the dealer requires player to use the decision cards to indicate blackjack game decisions. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11  wherein the dealer provides player with decision cards and the dealer requires player to use the decision cards to indicate blackjack game decisions. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13  wherein individual decision cards include at least choices selected from the group consisting of stand, hit, double down and split. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14  wherein the dealer requires players to use their decision cards on each wagering opportunity by placing information sides of the decision cards face down, committing to a decision on a particular card, and then all the dealer requires that all players' decision cards are then displayed and an exposed decision on the decision card is acted upon by the dealer. 
     
     
         17 . A gaming system for use in the play of tournament blackjack comprising:
 multiple casino tables;   each casino table having playing positions for at least six players;   an area on a surface of each casino table for receiving common player cards;   an area on the surface of each casino table for receiving a dealer's hand; and   a players' final count matrix;   player identifiers for each of the at least six players;   
       wherein the player's final count matrix comprises individual indication areas for player's final counts comprising an area for each of counts of 16 or less; 17; 18; 19; 20; and 21. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17  wherein the system further comprises at least six sets of decision indicators provided at each of the at least six player positions, the indicators having information thereon for indicating at least decisions selected from the group consisting of stand, hit and double down. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 17  using chip cards instead of traditional casino chips in a World Series of 21 Tournament™ game version.