Patent ID: 6179293
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a card game between a house and one to seven players, comprising the steps of:a) each player selecting a position at a card table;b) establishing a random number and utilizing said random number to determine which of said players is the house and placed at a house position and which are placed at player positions;c) each player and house wagering a mandatory poker ante bet, players only wagering a mandatory high blackjack bet and a mandatory low blackjack bet, and wagering an optional poker fourth bet by all players and house after each card is placed in a selected area;d) the house randomizing cards within a deck of 52 cards;e) the house distributing said randomized cards in a face down manner into two to eight five card hands, one of said hands for the house and one of said hands for each of said players;f) placing extra said randomized cards not found within any of said hands into a discard area;g) each player arranging two or three of their five card hand into a high blackjack hand or low blackjack hand and placing said cards one at a time with one card face down into a high hand designated area and one card face down into a low hand designated area at their said player position on said card table;h) the house turning its said five card hand and setting its said five card hand into a two or three card high blackjack hand or low blackjack hand, one card at a time, and placing one card face down on said high blackjack hand and one or two cards face up into a high hand designated area at said house position on said card table and the remainder of its said five card hand into a low blackjack hand and placing one card face down said low blackjack hand and one or two cards face up into a low hand designated area at said house position on said card table;i) creating a poker hand for the house out of its said randomized cards and a poker hand for each player out of their said randomized cards;j) comparing each player's hand with the house's hand and all other players to establish a winning poker hand and comparing each player's hand with the house's hand to establish a winning high blackjack hand and a winning low blackjack hand;k) allocating winnings from each of said mandatory bets based on said comparison; andl) determining for each said player and the house who bet said optional fourth bet, if said player or the house wins said optional fourth bet based on a winning poker hand.