Patent ID: 7093833

Claim:
A method of playing a card game, comprising: ranking cards to have point values such that Aces equal 11 points, Kings, Queens, Jacks and Tens each equal 10 points, and Twos through Nines equal the numerical value displayed on the card; setting a minimum point value to be obtained by each player and a dealer of the card game; all players playing a hand of the card game place a first bet, whereby there is at least one player and a dealer; the dealer deals two cards face down of a three card hand to all players and to the dealer; each player reviews the player's own hand two cards and decides to stay or fold, if a player decides to fold, the player exits the hand and loses the what the player bet and if a player stays, the player must place an additional bet to stay; the dealer deals one card face down to all remaining players who have chosen to stay and to the dealer; and all cards of the remaining players are turned face up and point values for each player and dealer are totaled individually to decide a winner, whereby to total point values for each remaining hands and decide the winner, the following is applied: point value of each hand is totaled by adding up the ranking points of cards of a same suit in each hand, unless the player has a hand of three (3) of a kind or hand of an Ace, King and Queen of the same suit; all three (3) of a kind hands are an equal value of thirty and one-half (30½) points; a hand of an Ace, King and Queen of the same suit equals a point value of thirty-one (31); and any player who has less than the minimum point value after the three cards are dealt automatically loses that hand of the game.