Patent ID: 6474644
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a casino card game involving one or more persons acting as dealer and banker, comprising the steps of:(a) affording each player an opportunity to place an ante wager to participate in said card game; (b) affording each player placing an ante wager an option of placing a jackpot wager that player's hand will match one of a predetermined schedule of hands, where a plurality of hands are ranked according to predetermined rules; (c) the dealer, from a standard fifty-two card poker deck, dealing three cards face down to the player and three cards face down to the dealer; (d) affording each player the opportunity to view only his first two cards, player's third card remaining face down; (f) affording each player the option to either fold and lose their ante wager, or continue play by placing a second wager; (g) the dealer revealing his three cards and if dealer's three-card hand does not meet or exceed a predetermined rank, player wins a predetermined amount based on the player's ante wager, player's second wager is returned without having been acted upon, and player's third card is revealed to settle jackpot wagers based on the rank of player's three-card hand according to a predetermined jackpot payout table; (h) if dealer's hand does meet or exceed a predetermined rank, player's third card is revealed and dealer compares player's three-card hand to dealer's three-card hand; (i) if dealer's hand rank is higher than player's hand, the player loses both player's ante wager and player's second wager; (j) if player's hand rank is higher than dealer's hand, player wins a first predetermined amount on the player's ante wager and player wins a second predetermined amount on player's second wager; and, (k) whether dealer's hand wins or player's hand wins, dealer settles jackpot wagers based on the rank of player's three-card hand according to a predetermined jackpot payout table.