Patent ID: 7686307
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a multistage wagering card game comprising, in combination, the steps of: providing at least one standard deck of playing cards, each card having a value equal to its standard blackjack value; requiring at least one player to place a first wager in a first wagering area; dealing two cards to each said at least one player having placed said first wager in said first wagering area; dealing one card face up to a dealer; dealing one card face down to said dealer; requiring each said at least one player having placed said first wager in said first wagering area to one of forfeit said first wager and place a second wager of an amount equal to said first wager in a second wagering area; collecting each said first wager from any player having forfeited said first wager; revealing said face down dealer card; collecting said first wager from said first wagering area and said second wager from said second wagering area from any remaining player having a two-card value of between 18 and 22 when said dealer having a two-card value closer to a value of 21 than said player; paying an amount at least equal to both said first wager and said second wager to any remaining player having a two-card value of between 18 and 22 and closer to a value of 21 than said dealer having a two-card value between 18 and 22; moving said first wager of any remaining player from said first wagering area to a transitional area when said remaining player having a two-card value further from 21 than a two-card value of said dealer while at the same time said remaining player having a two-card value of less than 18; returning said first wager from said first wagering area to any remaining player having a value equidistant to 21 as a value of said dealer; dealing one additional card face up to any remaining player having a two-card value of less than 18; dealing one additional card face up to said dealer when said dealer having a two-card value of less than 18; collecting said first wager from one of said first wagering area and said transitional area and said second wager from said second wagering area from any remaining player having a value further from 21 than a value of said dealer; paying an amount at least equal to said second wager to any remaining player having a value closer to a value of 21 than a value of said dealer; paying an amount at least equal to said first wager to any remaining player having a three-card value closer to a value of 21 than a value of said dealer after said player previously having a two-card value less than 18 and closer to 21 than a two-card value of said dealer; returning said first wager from said first wagering area to any remaining player having a value equidistant to 21 as said dealer and previously having a two-card value less than 18 and closer to 21 than a two-card value of said dealer; returning said first wager from said transitional area to any remaining player having a three-card value closer to a value of 21 than a value of said dealer; and one of returning said second wager from said second wagering area to any remaining player having a value equidistant to 21 as a value of said dealer and collecting said second wager from said second wagering area from any remaining player having a value further from 21 as a value of said dealer.