Patent ID: 7185891

Claim:
A method of playing a wagering game with playing cards in which a dealer competes against a player, the game comprising: at least one player placing a wager on the game; the at least one player and the dealer each receiving a single card with a rank from a set of cards to form an at least one player hand and a dealer hand; the at least one player taking at least one mandatory additional card attempting to receive a first additional card having a specific relationship in rank to the single card in the at least one player hand, the specific relationship being selected from the group consisting of cards being sequentially higher in rank and sequentially lower in rank; if the at least one mandatory additional card has the specific relationship in rank to the single card, or if the at least one mandatory additional card allows the at least one player to continue the game, the player exercises an option of taking another additional card or standing, attempting to receive another additional card having a specific relationship in rank to the first additional card; when the player has elected to take no more additional cards or has taken a maximum number of additional cards allowed, attempting again to receive successive additional cards having the specific relationship to a previous additional card, but has not taken a card that busts the at least one player's hand by not having the specific relationship to the previous additional card, the dealer takes at least one mandatory additional card attempting to receive a first additional card having a specific relationship in rank to the single card in the dealer's hand, the dealer taking additional cards attempting again to receive successive additional cards having the specific relationship to a previous additional card until the dealer busts by not having the specific relationship to the previous additional card, until the dealer has taken a maximum number of additional cards allowed, or until the dealer has received a total number of cards that exceeds the total number of cards in all players' hands in the game; and resolving the wager on the game.