Patent ID: 7156398

Claim:
A method of playing a game, comprising the steps of: a) providing a game system including twenty-four bifurcated cards, each respective card having a top portion and an oppositely-disposed bottom portion and wherein the respective cards are characterized by the following respective first and second suit rank pairings on the respective top and bottom portions: Ace of Spades and Nine of Hearts, King of Spades and Ten of Hearts, Queen of Spades and Jack of Hearts, Jack of Spades and Queen of Hearts, Ten of Spades and King of Hearts, Nine of Spades and Ace of Hearts; Ace of Clubs and Nine of Hearts, King of Clubs and Ten of Hearts, Queen of Clubs and Jack of Hearts, Jack of Clubs and Queen of Hearts, Ten of Clubs and King of Hearts, Nine of Clubs and Ace of Hearts; Ace of Spades and Nine of Diamonds, King of Spades and Ten of Diamonds, Queen of Spades and Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Spades and Queen of Diamonds, Ten of Spades and King of Diamonds, Nine of Spades and Ace of Diamonds; Ace of Clubs and Nine of Diamonds, King of Clubs and Ten of Diamonds, Queen of Clubs and Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Clubs and Queen of Diamonds, Ten of Clubs and King of Diamonds, Nine of Clubs and Ace of Diamonds; b) forming two two-player teams; c) distributing six-card hands to each player; d) sequentially bidding based on the number of tricks each respective player believes his hand will enable his team to take; e) determining the status of a trump suit from the bidding results; f) taking tricks; g) accumulating points; and h) declaring the first team to accumulate a predetermined number of points the winner.