Patent ID: 6655690
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a card game comprising the steps of:providing at least one set of playing cards comprising a plurality of different card suits, each suit includes a plurality of cards wherein each card has a particular value, all of the suits having in common cards with the same values; each player placing an initial game wager; the dealer dealing, in an initial deal, a face-up card to each player, the dealer not dealing himself a card in the initial deal; removing a single card from the set of playing cards, placing the single card face up and designating this card as a community card; summing the value of the community card with the value of the cards held by each player to produce an opening hand value for each player; requiring any player whose hand value exceeds a first predetermined hand value to surrender his or her bets to the dealer and to withdraw from play, the players not withdrawing from play being remaining players; thereafter, the dealer dealing an initial face-up card to himself; summing the value of the community card with the value of the dealer's card to provide a dealer's hand value; and providing winnings to a remaining player based on the remaining player's game wager if the remaining player has a hand value that is less than the first predetermined hand value and greater than the dealer's hand value, or the remaining player has a hand value that is less than the first predetermined hand value and the dealer's hand value exceeds the first predetermined hand value.