Patent ID: 7549641

Claim:
A method for playing a game comprising the steps of: a) placing game pieces in a grid configuration, at least one of said game pieces is placed in a face-up position which reveals the value of the game piece and at least one of said game pieces is placed in a face-down position which does not reveal the value of the game piece, said grid configuration comprising a plurality of horizontal rows of said one or more game pieces; b) one or more players each selecting a hand of a predetermined number of game pieces from the grid configuration; and c) determining a value for each of the selected hands after all of the hands are selected wherein the game pieces are one or more cards of a deck of 52 cards, the value of the hand being matched to a value of a conventional card game and wherein the one or more players play against each other or a hand of a dealer and the hand having the value which is highest is a winner.