Patent ID: 7270330

Claim:
A method of playing a card game, comprising: dealing two cards to a player to form a two-card hand; resolving said two-card hand in accordance with predetermined rules, wherein said predetermined rules includes a rule of whether the two dealt cards have a total value within a predetermined range of successive numbers or a total value equal to a predetermined number outside the predetermined range of successive numbers, and not in sequence relative to the predetermined range of successive numbers wherein said resolving step comprises: determining if the player placed a non-poker game-related bet on only one predetermined area corresponding to the player and corresponding to whether the two dealt cards have a total value within a predetermined range of successive numbers or a total value equal to a predetermined number outside the predetermined range of successive numbers, and not in sequence relative to the predetermined range of successive numbers, and determining a payout to the player if the player placed the non-poker game-related bet on the only one predetermined area and if the two dealt cards have a total value within the predetermined range of successive numbers or a total value equal to the predetermined number outside the predetermined range of successive numbers, and not in sequence relative to the predetermined range of successive numbers, and continuing with a poker game.