Patent ID: 7404560
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a Baccarat card game using Joker cards and using side bets relating to Blackjack outcomes comprising the steps of: (a) providing a card game table, the card game table having a layout comprising: (b) providing at least one deck of playing cards, wherein each deck of playing cards comprises at least one Joker and four suits of cards, each suit including a Two card, a Three card, a Four card, a Five card, a Six card, a Seven card, an Eight card, a Nine card, a Ten card, a Jack card, a Queen card, a King card, and an Ace card; (c) positioning each patron, at the card game table, next to player betting area; (d) requiring each patron to place a bet on either the Player hand betting spot or the Banker hand betting spot or both; (e) permitting each patron the option of placing bets on one or more side bets that include the Tie betting spot, the Banker BJ betting spot, the Banker 21 betting spot, the Banker 17 betting spot, the Player BJ betting spot, the Player 21 betting spot, and the Player 16 betting spot; (f) shuffling the at least one deck of cards; (g) playing Baccarat by dealing an initial two-card hand to the Banker hand position and dealing an initial two-card hand to the Player hand position; (h) assigning point values to the cards in the Banker hand and in the Player hand according to Baccarat rules, wherein the Ace through Nine cards having respective point values of 1 through 9, the tens, Jacks, Queens and Kings all having a point value of 0: (i) determining the point total of the initial two-card Banker hand and the initial two-card Player hand by summing up points of each of the initial two-card Banker hand and the initial two-card Player hand; (j) dealing additional cards to the Banker hand position and to the Player hand position if necessary according to Baccarat rules; (k) determining the final point totals of the Banker hand the Player hand according to Baccarat rules wherein if the sum of two or three cards in a hand exceeds 10, only the last digit is used in determining the final point total; (l) comparing the final point totals of the Banker hand and the Player hand, the hand having the higher point total being the winning hand, wherein an initial two-card hand with a Joker is the highest hand and can never lose, an initial two-card having a point total of 9, called a natural, is the second highest hand, and an initial two-card hand having a point total of 8, also called a natural, is the third highest hand; (m) paying-off patrons that placed bets on a winning hand; (n) collecting bets from patrons that placed bests on the hand having the lower point total; (o) resolving the side bets after the Baccarat game is played in steps (g)-(n); (p) paying-off patrons that placed side bets on the Tie betting spot when the Player hand and the Banker hand have the same final point totals; (q) assigning point values to the cards in the final Banker hand and in the final Player hand according to Blackjack rules, wherein the Two through Nine cards having respective point values of 2 to 9, the Tens, Jacks, Queens, and Kings cards all having a point value of 10, and the Ace cards having a point value of 1 or 11; (r) determining the final point total of the Banker hand and the Player hand according to Blackjack rules, wherein an initial two-card Banker hand and an initial two-card Player hand having a Ten or any face card with an Ace is referred to as Banker BJ and Player BJ respectively, a Banker hand having two or three cards having a final point total of 21 or 17 is referred to as Banker 21 or Banker 17, respectively, a Player hand having two or three cards having a final point total of 21 or 16 is referred to as Player 21 or Player 16, respectively; (s) paying-off patrons that placed side bets on the Banker BJ betting spot and/or on the Player BJ betting spot when the initial two-card Banker hand and/or the initial two-card Player hand have a Ten or any face card with an Ace; (t) paying-off patrons that placed side bets on the Banker 21 betting spot or Banker 17 betting spot when Banker has two or three cards having a final point total of 21 or 17, respectively; (u) paying-off patrons that placed side bets on the Player 21 betting spot or Player 16 betting spot when Player has two or three cards having a final point total of 21 or 16, respectively.