Patent ID: 6135454
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
The method of playing a Baccarat game wherein cards have a point value similar to those encountered in a conventional Baccarat game, comprising the steps of:providing a standard deck of cards;augmenting said deck with a plurality of jokers, each of said jokers having any desired point value from 0 to 9, cards from said augmented deck being dealt by a dealer who represents a bank;a player making a wager;dealing a hand of cards to said player and a hand of cards to said bank;resolving said wager in favor of said player when the rank of said player's hand is higher than the rank of said bank hand, ranking of hands, in descending order, being given as:two jokers (two cards only)natural ninenatural eight*nineeightsevensixfivefourthreetwoonezero.FNT * wherein a bank's hand having three cards totaling nine has a higher rank than said player's natural eight