Patent ID: 8328197

Claim:
A method of playing a card game, said method comprising: executing, with a processor, a program stored in a memory of a computer implemented device, the program directing the computer implemented device to perform the following: providing a deck of playing cards consisting essentially of a first quantity of Numbered cards each having a specified numerical face value and a second quantity of Wild cards each having an assignable numerical face value, the Numbered cards comprising an equal number of cards having face values of 3X, 5X and 8X, respectively, where X is a nonzero number; providing a playing surface having at least one player position and one dealer position; shuffling the deck of playing cards; dealing three cards from the deck to the player and to the dealer in a manner so as to conceal the face value of the dealer's cards from the player; drawing one card from the deck as a Fire card, and if the Fire card is a Numbered card then nullifying all like cards sharing the same face value; assigning each Wild card a face value of 8X or 5X or 3X; requiring the player to either make a Wild card wager or fold; dealing two cards from the deck to the player and to the dealer in a manner so as to conceal the face value of the dealer's cards from the player; requiring the player to either make an additional wager or fold; revealing the face values of the player's cards and the dealer's cards; computing the numerical sum of face card values in the player's hand and in the Dealer's hand; and declaring the player a winner if the numerical sum of the player's hand is greater than the numerical sum of the dealer's hand.