Patent ID: 6869076

Claim:
A method of playing a card game, comprising the steps of: providing each player a betting surface divided into areas on which bets can be placed for cards of different ranks; dealing a plurality of cards face down to each of one or more players, said cards being dealt from a deck wherein the cards have a plurality of ranks; a single interval of betting by the players, each player placing at least one bet that the highest card of all the cards in the player's hand will have a certain rank; turning the cards face up; determining which players have placed winning bets, without regard to whether or not there are a pair, three or four of a kind, a flush or a straight in the players' hands; and paying off each player who has placed a winning bet by a predetermined amount, with bets on cards having lower ranks having higher payoffs; wherein the number of cards dealt to each player is four; the cards are dealt from a deck of at least 52 playing cards, including thirteen cards in each of four suits, with one card in each suit having the rank of Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, and King; the cards are ranked in order from lowest to highest: Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, and King, with the Ace counting as 1; with the areas on the betting surface having indicia indicating the rank bet on, and the payoff for a winning bet; the payoff for a winning bet on a rank including the payoffs for winning bets on all higher ranks; there is no payoff for ranks above a first specified rank, and the betting surface does not have areas for the ranks on which there is no payoff; and the players are required to bet on all ranks from a second specified rank to the first specified rank, and may bet on ranks below the second specified rank, said second specified rank being lower than the first specified rank.