Patent ID: 8317583

Claim:
A program storage system readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program, applet, or instructions executable by the computer to perform a method for playing a card game between a dealer and at least one player, the method comprising: requiring each player to ante a bet before receiving a hand of cards; dealing cards to the dealer and each player so that the dealer and each player each receive two cards with at least one of the faces of the dealer's cards hidden from each player; permitting each player to view their cards; permitting each player to make additional bets; revealing the hidden faces of the cards dealt to the dealer; identifying as a winner each player conditioned upon the sum of the player's cards being within a selected amount of the sum of the dealer's cards and less than the sum of the dealer's cards; identifying as a winner each player conditioned upon the sum of the player's cards being within a selected amount of the sum of the dealer's cards and greater than the sum of the dealer's cards; identifying as a winner each player conditioned upon the sum of the player's cards being equal to the sum of the dealer's cards; and wherein the selected amount is at least one.