Patent ID: 8210919

Claim:
A method of playing a numerical target card game involving a banker and at least one player, the method comprising the steps of: accepting a bet from the player dealing a player's hand to the player and a banker's hand to the banker, the player's hand consisting of one card face up and the banker's hand consisting of one card face down completing the player's hand, wherein completing the player's hand comprises receiving an election from the player to optionally receive one or more additional cards after the player's hand is completed, completing the banker's hand, wherein completing the banker's hand comprises exposing the card dealt to the banker optionally dealing one or more cards to the banker's hand according to predetermined banker hit rules resolving bets according to the following rules: if the player receives a hand having a value greater than a predetermined numerical target, the player loses regardless of the value of the banker's hand if the player receives a hand having a value less than or equal to the numerical target and the value of the banker's hand exceeds the numerical target, the player wins when the value of the banker's hand and the player's hand are both less than or equal to the numerical target, the hand with the highest value wins when the value of the banker's hand and the player's hand are equal and less than or equal to the numerical target, the hand is a tie.