Patent ID: 8764536
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. An electronically implemented method of playing a wagering game using images of playing cards, comprising: providing an electronic gaming machine including at least one display screen configured to display images of playing cards; the electronic gaming machine including a non-transitory computer readable medium coded with instructions d executed by a processor to perform the steps of: establishing playing positions on the display screen for a dealer and at least one player; providing electronically producible images of at least one standard deck of 52 playing cards with respective faces designated in ascending numerical sum 2-10, J, Q, K, A each in four suits; assigning a numerical value to each card, said numerical value being equivalent to the face value for cards designated 2-10, said numerical value being ten for cards designated J, Q, K, and said numerical value being one or eleven for cards designated A; accepting a primary wager from the player; dealing the player and a dealer each five cards; requiring the player and the dealer to arrange their respective five cards into a three-card high hand and a two-card low hand, said requiring step including prohibiting the numerical sum of the high hand to exceed a value of 21; comparing the numerical sum of the dealer's three-card high hand to the numerical sum of the player's three-card high hand and comparing the numerical sum of the dealer's two-card low hand to the numerical sum of the player's two-card low hand; settling the player's primary wager dependent upon the comparison of the numerical sum of the dealer's three-card high hand to the numerical sum of the player's three-card card high hand and the comparison of the numerical sum of the dealer's two-card low hand to the numerical sum of the player's two-card low hand; said settling step including confiscating the player's primary wager if the numerical sum of the dealers three-card high hand and two-card low hand is higher than the player's three-card high hand and two-card low hand respectively, and paying the player a winning payout associated with the primary wager if the numerical sum of the player's three-card high hand and two-card low hand is higher than the dealer's three-card high hand and two-card low hand respectively, and allowing the player to retain their primary wager if the numerical sum of the player's three-card high hand or two-card low hand, but not both, is higher than the dealer's three-card high hand or two-card low hand respectively, wherein said settling step additionally includes establishing a ranking hierarchy for the high hand in which a numerical sum of 21 achieved through the combination of two ten-valued cards and one A is greater than a numerical sum of 21 achieved through any other possible combination of three cards.