Patent ID: 7210684
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method for playing a casino card game for at least one player, the game method using playing cards, comprising: the player placing (a) a full-hand wager on a first hand or a second hand or (b) a component-hand wager on a single-card component hand of the first hand, a two-card component hand of the first hand, or both a single-card component hand and two-card component hand of the first hand or (c) both a full-hand wager on a first hand and a component-hand wager on a single-card component hand of the first hand, a two-card component hand of the first hand, or both a single-card component hand and two-card component hand of the first hand; a dealer dealing three cards to a first hand and three cards to a second hand; arranging each of said first hand and second 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; rewarding players placing a component-hand wager on a single-card component hand of the first hand if the single-card component hand of the first hand outranks the single-card component hand of the second hand; rewarding players placing a component-hand wager on a two-card component hand of the first hand if the two-card component hand of the first hand outranks the two-card component hand of the second hand; declaring a push and returning each player's full-hand 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 placing a full-hand wager on the winning hand and collecting full-hand wagers from players wagering on the losing hand.