Patent ID: 6371484
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method for playing a casino card game for at least one player, the game method using at least one deck of fifty-two cards, comprising:the player placing a wager on either a first hand or a second hand; a dealer dealing three cards to a first hand and three cards to a second hand; examining the first hand and the second hand; if either hand has a predetermined three-card combination, comparing the first hand to the second hand and declaring the winning hand to be the hand having the higher ranking three-card combination, otherwise declaring a push if the first and second hands have three-card combinations of equal rank; if neither hand has the predetermined three-card combination, arranging each hand into a two-card component hand and a single-card component hand; comparing the first two-card hand to the second two-card hand and the first single-card hand to the second single-card hand; declaring a push and returning each player's wager if the first two-card hand is equal in rank to the second two-card hand and the first single-card hand is equal in rank to the second single-card hand or if one component hand of the first hand outranks the corresponding component hand of the second hand and the remaining component hand of the second hand outranks the corresponding component hand of the first hand; otherwise, declaring the winning hand to be the hand having a component hand outranking the corresponding component hand of the other hand and a remaining component hand outranking or tying the corresponding hand of the other hand; and rewarding players wagering on the winning hand and collecting wagers from players wagering on the losing hand.