WO2011126782A3 - Method for playing a card game - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of playing a card game. The first step is to provide a deck of cards, wherein each playing card has a specific numeric value. A player places an Ante. The dealer then deals an initial hand of two cards face down to the dealer and to the player. The player views the initial hand of two cards in order to decide whether to stay or fold. The player forfeits his ante if the player decides to fold. Next, the player places a bet if the player decides to stay. The player then reveals his cards. The next step is to determine if the point value of the player's initial two-card hand is fourteen or fifteen. If the player's initial two-card hand has a point value of fourteen or fifteen, then the player is provided with an option to either (i) double down on the player's bet and take only one additional card, or (ii) not double down on the player's bet and take two additional cards. Thereafter, the dealer deals either the single additional card or the two additional cards face up to the player, depending upon the player's decision. If the player's initial two-card hand does not have a point value of fourteen or fifteen, then the player is required to take two additional cards. These additional two cards are dealt face up. The player's hand may never contain more than four cards. The dealer continues to deal cards to himself until the point value of the dealer's hand is greater than or equal to twenty one. The player loses if the point value of his hand exceeds twenty- five. The player wins if the player's hand has a point value of twenty- five and the dealer's hand has a point value that does not equal twenty-five, or if the point value of the player's hand is less than twenty-five and the point value of the dealer's hand is greater than twenty-five. There are other scenarios in which the player can win and there are scenarios in which the dealer can win.