Patent ID: 6644666
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a casino game, the method comprising:providing a plurality of cards; having a player place an ante wager; dealing a set of five cards to a dealer and a set of five cards to the player; determining if the player is able to make a qualifying hand with the dealt cards by attempting to select three of the five dealt cards to make a point total of 10, 20, or 30, wherein a point total of the two remaining cards is considered to be the player's point hand, wherein if the player is unable to make a qualifying hand the player can bluff or forfeit the ante wager; placing a play wager if the player determines he has a qualifying hand or if the player decides to bluff; placing the qualifying hand and the two point hand cards on a playing table; determining if the dealer is able to make a qualifying hand with the dealt cards by attempting to select three of the five dealt cards to make a point total of 10, 20, or 30, wherein a point total of the two remaining cards is considered the dealer's point hand, wherein if the dealer is not able to make a qualifying hand, the player is paid on the ante wager; and comparing the point hand of the player with the point hand of the dealer, wherein if the dealer's point hand is superior to the player's point hand then the dealer wins and takes the players ante wager and play wager, and if the player's point hand is superior to the dealer's point hand the player is paid on the ante wager and the play wager, and wherein if the player's point hand is equal to the dealer's point hand the game is a push.