Blackjack side bet based on poker hand formed from dealer's blackjack hand
A blackjack game provides a side bet that the cards dealt to form the dealer's hand will match one of a predetermined set of winning poker hands. A blackjack hand is dealt to the player and a dealer, wherein each hand comprises a plurality of cards. The outcome of the blackjack hand is determined according to blackjack rules. The cards in the dealer's hand are then arranged to form a poker hand. Furthermore, the dealer's poker hand may be modified using cards selected from the player's hand into the dealer's hand to form the poker hand. Modification can be by substitution or addition of cards from the player's hand. The player wins the side bet if the dealer's poker hand matches one of a set of predetermined poker hands.
1. A gaming table for playing a game of blackjack comprising:
a table surface having a dealer position and a player position;
a card shoe disposed on the table surface proximate the dealer position, and defining a space for holding a a plurality of cards;
a dealer card spot disposed on the table surface proximate the dealer position, the dealer card spot sized and arranged for receiving two cards forming a dealer's blackjack hand;
a player card spot disposed on the table surface proximate to the player position, the player card spot sized and arranged for receiving two cards forming a player's blackjack hand;
a primary wager area disposed on the table surface laterally adjacent to the player card spot for receiving a player primary wager on an outcome of the game of blackjack based on comparison between the two cards forming the dealer's blackjack hand and the two cards forming the player's blackjack hand;
a plurality of modifying card spots disposed on the table surface adjacent to the player card spot and each of the plurality of modifying card spots positioned between the player card spot and the dealer card spot, each of the modifying card spots sized and arranged for receiving a single card from the player's blackjack hand,
a secondary wager area disposed on the table surface laterally adjacent to one of the plurality of modifying card spots and between the primary wager area and the dealer spot for receiving a player secondary wager on an outcome of a secondary game based on a comparison value between a dealer's secondary hand formed from a combination of selected cards of the dealer's blackjack hand and the cards in the modifying card spots and a player's secondary hand formed from selected cards from the player's blackjack hand; and
wherein the number of cards eligible for selection from the player's blackjack hand and placement in one of the modifying card spots is based at least in part on an amount of the secondary wager received in the secondary wager area from the player at the player position.
2. The gaming table of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of modifying card spots consists of three modifying card spots disposed on the table surface adjacent the player card spot, each of the three modifying card spots being sized and arranged to receive a single card for a maximum of three cards selected from the player's blackjack hand to form the dealer's secondary hand.
3. The gaming table of claim 1 , wherein the secondary game is a poker game, and wherein the dealer's secondary hand is a poker hand formed from selected cards received in the dealer card spot and selected cards received in the player card spot.
4. The gaming table of claim 1 , wherein the primary wager area contains an electronic card reader for electronic wager transactions.
5. The gaming table of claim 1 , wherein a pay table is disposed on the table surface.
6. The gaming table of claim 5 , wherein a plurality of pay tables are disposed on the table surface and one of the plurality of pay tables is used for playing the game of blackjack.
7. The gaming table of claim 6 , wherein forming the dealer's poker hand further comprises adding cards from the player's blackjack hand to the dealer's blackjack hand.
8. The gaming table of claim 6 , wherein forming the dealer's poker hand further comprises substituting cards from the player's blackjack hand with cards of the dealer's blackjack hand.