Patent ID: 7621534

Claim:
A method of conducting a card game at a physical gaming table using playing cards for at least one player comprising: receiving a wager from said at least one player on a hand designated by said player; dealing at least two hands of playing cards; calculating a hand score for each hand as the sum modulo ten of the values of the playing cards in that hand; comparing the hand scores of said hands to a target value; if one of said hand scores is closer to said target value than is the other hand score, dealing an additional card to the hand having a hand score further from said target value, calculating a new hand score for said hand to which said card was dealt, and comparing the hand scores of said hands to said target value; if said new hand score remains further from said target value than is the hand score for the other hand, terminating said card game, collecting wagers on the hand having a hand score further from said target value, and rewarding wagers on the hand having a hand score closer to said target value; and if said new hand score is closer to said target value than is the hand score for the other hand, dealing an additional card to the hand having a hand score further from said target value, calculating a new hand score for said hand to which the card was dealt, comparing said hand scores to said target value, and terminating said card game by collecting wagers on the hand having a hand score further from said target value and rewarding wagers on the hand having a hand score closer to said target value.