This invention adds new excitement to a blackjack type of game allowing the player holding a poor hand more options and chances to gamble for higher returns. The invention allows the player to take two cards (“double-hit”) or three cards (‘triple-hit’) and if the player does not go over 21 and beats the dealer, the player receives odds on the original bet. Alternate versions include allowing the player to double his bet or decrease the original bet in half. Also within this scope of this invention is keeping the original bet, varying the original bet and/or receiving odds against the original bet depending on the number of cards declared.