Patent ID: 7900926

Claim:
A method of playing a card game, comprising the steps of: providing a standard deck of cards each of said cards having a face value; having a dealer deal a set of cards from the standard deck of cards to each of a plurality of players and to the dealer itself, an equal number of cards being dealt to each player, said equal number being from 3 to 7; wherein the step of having a dealer deal a set of cards to each of a plurality of players and to the dealer itself further comprises: providing a game table including a dealer area and a plurality of player areas; and wherein the dealer deals the set of cards into the dealer area and the plurality of player areas at the start of each game; having each player make a single wager prior to viewing the face value of their respective cards; having each player split their respective set of cards into a total number of cards in two half-hands, by forming a first half-hand having a LOW value card combination and a second half-hand having a HIGH value card combination wherein the total number of cards in either half-hand does not exceed the total number of cards in the other half-hand by more than one card; having the dealer split its set of cards into two half-hands, a first half-hand having a LOW value and a second half-hand having a HIGH value wherein the total number of cards in either half-hand does not exceed the total number of cards in the other half-hand by more than one card; designating a player as a winner if both (a) that player's LOW hand is lower than the dealer's LOW hand and (b) that player's HIGH hand is higher than the dealer HIGH hand; and further including the step of allowing a player to bank a hand for a fee provided the banking player has enough money to pay 100% of all potentially winning wagers to all remaining non-banking players.