Patent ID: 6808174
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a card game among a plurality of Players and a Dealer wherein each player wagers against the Dealer, the method comprising the steps of:shuffling at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards comprising four Aces, four Twos, four Threes, four Fours, four Fives, four Sixes, four Sevens, four Eights, four Nines, four Tens, four Jacks, four Queens and four Kings; wagering by each Player against the Dealer wherein each player provides value for a set of equal valued bets comprising a first bet, a second bet, a third bet and a fourth bet; dealing a hand of cards to each Player and a face down hand of cards to the Dealer; providing an opportunity for each Player to view his own hand of cards; each Player identifying its first bet as a high bet, a low bet or a split bet after having said opportunity; revealing a first card of the Dealer's hand of cards for each Player to view; each Player discarding each card in their hand of cards that has a rank equal to the rank of said first card; each Player identifying its second bet as a high bet, a low bet or a split bet after said first card is revealed; revealing a second card of the Dealer's hand of cards for each Player to view; each Player discarding each card in their hand of cards that has a rank equal to the rank of said second card; each Player identifying its third bet as a high bet, a low bet, or a split bet after said second card is revealed; revealing a third card of the Dealer's hand of cards for each Player to view; each Player discarding each card in their hand of cards that has a rank equal to the rank of said third card; each Player identifying its fourth bet as a high bet, a low bet or a split bet after said third card is revealed; revealing a fourth card of the Dealer's hand of cards for each Player to view; each Player discarding each card in their hand of cards that has a rank equal to the rank of said fourth card; computing a sum of point values of a Player's remaining hand of cards, determining whether the point value of a Player's hand is within a predetermined high range and/or a predetermined low range; determining a payout amount for each Player according to whether each of said Player's first bet, second bet, third bet and/or fourth bet identified High and/or Low in correspondence with the Predetermined High Range and/or Predetermined Low of the total point value of said Player's hand.