Single Wager Multi Round Blackjack Game

Abstract

A method of playing a card game is disclosed wherein receiving a first wager from a player to play standard blackjack against a dealer; receiving a second wager from a player to play a secondary game; dealing an initial hand of cards to the player and to a dealer; dealing additional hit cards to the player to complete the initial player hand; checking the player's initial final hand total or score to see if it qualifies for the secondary game.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of playing a card game, comprising the steps of:
 (a) receiving a first wager from a player to play standard blackjack against a dealer;   (b) receiving a second wager from a player to play a secondary game;   (c) dealing an initial hand of cards to the player and to a dealer;   (d) dealing additional hit cards to the player to complete the initial player hand;   (e) checking the player's initial final hand total or score to see if it qualifies for the secondary game; and   If the initial player hand total or score qualifies, recording the result to remember the total or score achieved and providing the player with a first bonus hand or round of play following the conclusion of the initial hand or round of play; or   If the initial hand does not qualify, the player wager will be paid if the result meets the qualifying standard on the game; or   the player wager will be forfeited if the result does not meet the qualifying standard on the game;   (f) dealing additional hit cards to the dealer to complete the his standard Blackjack hand;   (g) resolving the standard blackjack wagers that remain on the blackjack game for the current hand or round of play.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said dealing an initial hand of cards to the player, will consist of two cards dealt face-up. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said dealing an initial hand of cards to the dealer, will consist of two cards, one dealt face-up and one dealt face-down. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said dealing additional hit cards to the player to complete the player hand, may consist of any number of cards including zero, one or more. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said dealing additional hit cards to the dealer to complete the dealer hand, may consist of any number of cards including zero, one or more. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said checking the player's initial final hand total or score to see if it qualifies, will require a player hand total or score to be either seventeen (17), eighteen (18), nineteen (19), twenty (20), twenty-one (21) or Blackjack (a two-card twenty-one) to qualify and all other final hand totals or scores will result in a non-qualifying hand; 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said providing the player with a first bonus hand or round of play following the conclusion of the initial hand or round of play, could further qualify the player for a second bonus hand or round of play if the first bonus hand also achieved a qualifying total or score which was also recorded; and
 Which could further qualify the player for any number of further bonus hands if each subsequent bonus hand continues to qualify without achieving a non-qualifying hand and without achieving the maximum number of different results required to end the game; and   That could eventually end the game when a player successfully achieves the maximum number of different results required to qualify the player to receive a maximum payout award without ever achieving a non-qualifying result.   
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein said if each subsequent bonus hand continues to qualify, each qualifying bonus hand will be recorded before dealing an additional bonus hand; 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein said maximum payout award, could be paid for achieving a maximum number of different qualifying results; or
 It could be paid when a player achieves a maximum number of different qualifying results in a specific order and within a specific number of hands.   
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 9 , wherein said maximum number of different qualifying results in a specific order and within a specific number of hands, could mean six (6) different qualifying results in order from lowest to highest within six (6) consecutive hands or rounds of play in the following order, seventeen (17), followed by eighteen (18), followed by nineteen (19), followed by twenty (20), followed by twenty-one (21) followed by a Blackjack (a two-card twenty-one); or
 It could mean six (6) different qualifying results in order from highest to lowest within six (6) consecutive hands or rounds of play in the following order, and Blackjack (a two-card twenty-one), followed by twenty-one (21), followed by twenty (20), followed by nineteen (19), followed by eighteen (18) followed by seventeen (17).   
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said method, may be performed by a dealer on a felt based casino table game, be performed as part of a video gaming machine, be performed by an electronic gaming platform and tracking system, be performed in conjunction with a computer or be performed in connection with the Internet or internet gaming. 
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said receiving a first wager from a player to play standard blackjack against the dealer, is not required by the player allowing the player to play the secondary game alone if desired. 
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein said allowing the player to play the secondary game alone, may require the dealer to deal the player hand using standard casino Blackjack house ways to guide the proper dealing of the player hand.