Patent ID: 8720893

Claim:
A method for playing a card game played by at least one player against a dealer using a video display and a computer, comprising: i) providing and shuffling a virtual deck of cards through a computer; ii) entering a base wager into the computer memory; iii) displaying, on a video display, a hand of three cards to a player; iv) displaying a trump suit on the video display; v) entering a further wager into the computer memory; vi) displaying a lead card, then each of the other participating players playing one card from their hand following suit of the lead card if possible, or if it is not possible to follow suit, either playing a card of the trump suit, or discarding a card from another suit; vii) after each player has played a card, electronically determining and allotting each player: one trick if the player has played a card of the same suit as the lead card having a higher numerical value than the lead card; one trick if the player has played a card of the trump suit if the lead card was not of the trump suit; otherwise, allotting that player no trick; viii) repeating steps vi) to vii) until all cards in each hand have been played; ix) electronically determining how many tricks have been won by each player; x) making a payout, through the computer, to each player dependent on the number of tricks that player has won.