Patent ID: 6588758
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a baccarat-type card game comprising, in combination, the steps of:dealing a player hand having three cards; dealing a banker hand having three cards; determining a hand value of said player hand, wherein Ace through Nine cards have respective point values of 1 to 9 and wherein 10's and Jacks and Queens and Kings have a point value of zero, wherein a hand value of said player hand is equal to a total point value of said three cards of said player hand when said three cards have a total point value less than 10 and when said three cards of said player hand have a total point value of at least 10 then the first digit of said total point value is ignored when determining a hand value of said player hand; determining a hand value of said banker hand, wherein Ace through 9 cards have respective point values of 1 to 9 and wherein 10's and Jacks and Queens and Kings have a point value of zero, wherein a hand value of said banker hand is equal to a total point value of said three cards of said banker hand when said three cards have a total point value less than 10 and when said three cards of said banker hand have a total point value of at least 10 then the first digit of said total point value is ignored when determining a hand value of said banker hand; comparing said hand value of said player hand with said hand value of said banker hand wherein the hand with a hand value closest to 9 is a winning hand; and permitting a player to select a poker hand from at least one of said player hand and said banker hand to permit said player to be eligible to receive a corresponding bonus payout if any selected poker hand receives one of a pair, a flush, a straight, three of a kind and a straight flush.