Patent ID: 7025354

Claim:
A method for playing a card game that comprises the steps of: a. providing a marked playing surface; one or more decks of playing cards; a house card determining device; and wagering chips; the marked playing surface being provided with several identical player grids and a dealer grid, each player and dealer-grid containing a total of thirteen chip positioning spaces, one chip positioning space for each of the playing cards in each suit, that are arranged a 4×3 array with a single space centered at the top of the grid, each chip positioning space being designated with a designation representing a playing card; the house card determining device having means for generating a random house card in response to being activated by the dealer; b. shuffling the one or more decks of playing cards and then placing the shuffled cards into a stack; c. obtaining a determination of the house card using the house card determining device; d. having a dealer mark the dealer grid by pacing an item in the space on the dealer grid that corresponds with the house card; e. having each player place wagers for the hand wherein each eager is indicated by a player placing one or more chips on any chip positioning space except the chip positioning space corresponding to the house card; f. pulling a card from the shuffled deck and turning the card face up to determine a match card; g. the house takes and pays wagers according to the following format: should the match card equal the house card, the house pays each player even money on every wager the player has on the grid; if the match card corresponds to a value selected by a player, the player loses any chips he/she may have placed on the corresponding chip positioning space of his/her players grid; h. all players are then allowed to increase an existing wager, however, no new chip position spaces may be selected for wagering on; i. another match card is determined and bets taken and paid until either the match card equals the house card, or the house has won every wager.