Patent ID: 7726654
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a card game, comprising: a. at least one player making an ante wager and a bonus wager to initiate a game; b. a dealer sequentially dealing said at least one player and said dealer a first card and a second card; c. said dealer dealing a bonus card; d. said at least one player viewing that said player's said first card and said second card; e. said at least one player deciding whether to challenge said dealer, said at least one player making a challenge ante wager if said at least one player decides to challenge said dealer; f. said dealer revealing said bonus card to said at least one player if said bonus card was dealt face down; g. said dealer paying said at least one player if that said player's said first card and said second card and said bonus card meet a combination specified on a payment table and said dealer taking said bonus wager of said at least one player if that said player's said first card and said second card and said bonus card do not meet said combination specified on said payment table; h. said dealer taking said ante wager of said at least one player not making said challenge ante wager; i. said dealer offering said at least one player the option of making a buy wager and replacing either of said player's said first card or said second card and, if said player makes said buy wager and surrenders either said first card or said second card, dealing said player a replacement card, said at least one player now having a two card hand; j. said dealer revealing said dealer's said first card and said second card; k. said dealer replacing one of said dealer's said first card and said second card having a lowest face value if one of said dealer's first card and said second card is not a jack, a queen, a king, or an ace or if said dealer's said first card and said second card are not cards of the same face value; said dealer now having a dealer two card hand; l. said dealer paying said at least one player on said ante wager and on said challenge ante wager if that said player's two card hand is a better poker hand than said dealer two card hand, said dealer taking said ante wager and said challenge ante wager of said at least one player if said dealer two card hand is a better poker hand than said player's two card hand, said at least one player keeping said ante wager and said challenge ante wager if said dealer two card hand and said player's two card hand are poker hands of same value.