Patent ID: 6345823
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
A method of playing a card game, comprising the steps of:(a) receiving a first wager from a player that a first outcome will occur; (b) receiving a second wager from the player that a second outcome will occur, wherein: both the first wager and the second wager must be received to play the game, a larger of the first wager and the second wager is a primary wager, and a smaller of the first wager and the second wager is a secondary wager, and the primary wager cannot exceed a predetermined multiple of the secondary wager; (c) dealing hands of cards to the player and to a dealer; (d) receiving an optional third wager from the player, wherein if the third wager is not received, the player forfeiting at least one of the first wager and the second wager; (e) comparing the dealer's hand with the player's hand, (e1) if the player's hand is higher than the dealer's hand, paying the player an amount relative to the third wager and one of the first wager and the second wager, and (e2) if the player's hand is lower than the dealer's hand, the player forfeiting the third wager and the at least one of the first wager and the second wager; and (f) determining whether the player's hand exceeds a first predetermined rank, (f1) if the player's hand exceeds the first predetermined rank, paying the player an amount relative to the other of the first wager and the second wager, and (f2) if the player's hand does not exceed the first predetermined rank, the player forfeiting the other of the first wager and the second wager.