Spanish twenty-one card game method of play

Abstract

A method of playing Twenty-One using a forty-eight card deck of cards comprising the Aces through the Nines and the Jacks, Queens and Kings. The elimination of only the four ten-spot cards (or only any four cards having a numerical count of ten) makes card counting much more difficult for the professional card player. Preferably multiple decks, up to six decks, of these forty-eight card decks are used. The elimination of the four ten-spot cards tips the odds of the game toward the house. To make up for this difference and keep the game attractive to the players the method of play is modified to provide liberal game rules and bonus payouts on the player's hand. The liberal game rules include allowing players to make double down wagers at any time regardless of the number of cards held by the player, and allowing the player to take back the amount of the player's double down wager if the player's numerical hand count does not exceed twenty-one and if the player is dissatisfied with his hand. The bonus payouts include paying a bonus to a player if the player's first two cards are Blackjack regardless of the numerical count of the dealer's two cards, and declaring the player to have a winning hand if the numerical count of the player's hand is twenty-one regardless of the numerical count of the dealer's hand.