Patent ID: 6270079
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a card game comprising the steps of:(a) providing a standard deck of playing cards comprising a plurality of different card suits, each suit includes a plurality of cards wherein each card has a particular value, all of the suits having in common cards with the same values;(b) designating a card having a particular value as a dual purpose card that functions as a wild card when face down and a killer card when face up;(c) each player placing a first predetermined wager;(d) the dealer dealing, in an initial deal, a predetermined number of cards to himself and to each player, at least one of the cards dealt to each player being face down and the cards dealt to the dealer being face down;(e) providing an opportunity for each player to stay with the first predetermined wager or place a second predetermined bet that is larger than the first predetermined bet;(f ) the dealer dealing an additional card to himself and to each player, the additional card to each player being face up and the additional card dealt to the dealer being face down;(g) determining if any of the player's face up cards is a killer card and requiring any player with a killer card to surrender his or her bets to the dealer and to withdraw from play;(h) the dealer dealing an additional card to himself and to each remaining player, the additional card to each remaining player being face up and the additional card dealt to the dealer being face down;(i) determining if any of the player's face up cards is a killer card and requiring any player with a killer card to surrender his or her bets to the dealer and to withdraw from play;(j) revealing all face down cards of the remaining players and the dealer;(k) determining if the dealer's hand has a value that is greater than or equal to the value of a predetermined qualifying poker hand;(l) providing to each player winnings based on each player's first predetermined wager if in step (k), it is determined that the dealer does not have a hand that has a value that is greater than or equal to the value of the predetermined qualifying poker hand; and(m) if the dealer does have a hand that has a value that is greater than or equal to the value of the predetermined qualifying poker hand, then providing to each player winnings based on the first predetermined wager and the player's second predetermined wager if the player has a poker hand that has a value that is greater than or equal to the value of the dealer's hand.