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  Card game and method of playingThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070158908. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS NOTING [0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/743,110, filed on Jan. 9, 2006, titled Card Game and Method of Playing, by Dan Stone, which is incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD [0002]The present invention relates to gaming. More particularly, the present invention relates to card games and methods for playing card games. BACKGROUND [0003]Numerous card games are known in the prior art. Some card games are predominantly games of skill in which a player's skill significantly increases his or her chance of winning. Other card games are predominantly games of chance in which winning or losing depends on the random chance of a certain card being turned rather than the skill of the player. Hosts of card games (e.g. casinos) seek to attract players by offering games that have a desirable balance of skill and chance while also being interesting. It would be an advance in the art to provide such card games. SUMMARY [0004]In each of the following implementations of the inventive card game, which are given in brief here by way of a summary of the same, the face value of each card in each player's hand is added up. When the sum of the cards in each player's hand is more than one digit, the leading digit is removed to leave a single digit (e.g.; 13 is changed to 3, 20 is changed to 0, 25 to 5, and 18 to 8). [0005]In one implementation, each player is dealt two cards. Then, each player has the option of being dealt ("buying") a third card for an additional bet. The player with the single-digit value now closest to 8, without going over 8, is the winner. [0006]In another implementation, a player plays against all other players. In such implementations, there is no "House" playing against the players and, before any cards are dealt, each player bets an initial required wager, known as an "ante". Each player is then dealt, clockwise, two cards--the first face up, the second face down. There is a round of betting after the first two cards are dealt, and a round of betting after each player still in the hand decides whether or not to buy a third card. When there are two or more hands of equal value, a hand with three cards beats a hand with only two cards. This and other variations of the player-versus-all-other-players version of the game may be played with a betting limit ("limit") or without a betting limit ("no limit"). [0007]In another implementation, each player plays against a dealer ("the House") and, before any cards are dealt, each player bets an ante. Each player and the dealer are then dealt, clockwise beginning with the player to the left of the dealer, one card face up. Each player is then dealt in turn a second card, also face up. The dealer is then dealt a second card, face down. If a player's first two cards are 4 and 4, the player immediately receives his/her bet on that hand plus winnings equal to 8 times his/her bet. Each player is then given the option to buy a third card. No additional money needs to be bet to keep the original two cards. The dealer then turns up his/her down card. [0008]If the value of the dealer's two cards is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 9, the dealer receives a third card. If the value is 5, 6, 7 or 8, the dealer stays with his/her original two cards. If the player's value is now closer to 8 than the value of the dealer's hand, without going over (a value of 9 is known as "an Over"), then the player receives his/her bet(s) on that hand plus an equal amount in winnings. If the dealer's value is closer to 8, then the dealer collects the player's bet. [0009]If the player's value is equal to the dealer's value, and the player has three cards and the dealer has two cards, then the player receives his/her bet(s) on that hand plus an equal amount in winnings. If the player's value is equal to the dealer's value, and the player has two cards and the dealer has three cards, then the dealer collects the player's bet. If the player's value is equal to the dealer's value, and the player and the dealer have the same number of cards, the player receives his/her bet(s) but no winnings ("a tie") with one exception: if the dealer and the player each have a three-card hand with a value of 9 (known as "Two Over"), the player receives his/her bets on that hand plus winnings equal to 8 times his/her bets. [0010]In another implementation, a player can make a side bet against the House. In this side bet variation of the game, a player is allowed the option of placing an additional bet (the "Chi bet", or "Qi bet") before any cards are dealt, separate from the ante bet. If the player's first two cards are a pair of Aces, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, 7s, 9s or 10s, then the player receives his/her Chi bet plus winnings equal to 8 times the Chi bet. If the player's first two cards are a pair of 8s then the player receives his/her Chi bet plus winnings equal to 88 times the Chi bet. Note here that the House advantage is approximately 3.35% of the total bet by the player. [0011]In yet another implementation, one additional payout can be added at the discretion of the House in a multi-deck structure: If the player's first two cards are the Ace of Diamonds and the 7 of Diamonds (not necessarily in that order) and the dealer's player's first two cards are also the Ace of Diamonds and the 7 of Diamonds (not necessarily in that order), the player receives his/her Chi bet plus winnings equal to 10,000 times the Chi bet--this outcome is called "The Perfect". At the discretion of the House, the requirements for The Perfect can be changed from the Ace and 7 of Diamonds for both player and dealer to the Ace and 7 of a different suit (Spades, Hearts or Clubs) for both player and dealer or to any two defined cards of a given suit for both player and dealer (e.g.; the King of Hearts and the 8 of Hearts, the Ten of Diamonds and the 8 of Diamonds, etc.). Note here that the House advantage for 0009 and 0010 is approximately 3.05% of the total bet by the player. [0012]Another implementation provides both a main card game and a side bet variation thereof. The side bet variation provides rules whereby: (i) when a player gets a pair of As, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, 7s, 9s or 10s, that player receives nine-fold of the player's wager (e.g.; the player gets his/her wager back plus 8.times. in winnings); and (ii) when a player gets a pair of 8s, that player receives eighty-nine-fold of the player's wager (e.g.; the player gets his/her wager back plus 88.times. in winnings). Note here that the House advantage is approximately 3.35% of the total bet by the player. If the side bet variation includes the additional payout in 0010, the House advantage is approximately 3.05% of the total bet by the player. [0013]The main game of this implementation provides rules whereby: (i) the player must double his/her initial "ante" bet ($1 in this example) to buy a 3.sup.rd card; (ii) the dealer takes a 3.sup.rd card with any two-card combination except 5, 6, 7 or 8; and (ii) the player then gets paid even money with a winning two-card or three-card hand with two exceptions: (A) The player gets paid 8:1 ($1 bet is returned with $8 winnings) with a two-card hand of 4 and 4; and (B) the player gets paid 8:1 ($2 bets are returned with $16 winnings) when both his/her three-card hand and the dealer's three-card hand have a value of 9 (Two Over). [0014]In this implementation, if the player's value is equal to the dealer's value, and the player has three cards and the dealer has two cards, then the player receives his/her bet(s) on that hand plus an equal amount in winnings. If the player's value is equal to the dealer's value, and the player has two cards and the dealer has three cards, then the dealer collects the player's bet. Neither the player nor dealer win (e.g.; the $1 or $2 bet is returned) when both have the same hand values and the same number of cards--except for when the player's three-card sum to a value of 9 and the dealer's three-card sum to a value of 9. The player may use an optimal strategy to buy a 3.sup.rd card with a two-card value of: (i) 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 9 or 0; or (ii) 5 when the dealer's exposed card is 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9. Note here that the House advantage is approximately 1.7%. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING [0015]In order that the manner in which the above-recited and other advantages and features of the invention are obtained, a more particular description of the invention briefly described above will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof which are illustrated in the appended drawing. Understanding that the drawing depicts only typical embodiments of the invention and are not therefore to be considered limiting of its scope, the invention will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying drawing in which: [0016]FIG. 1 shows an environment suitable for playing implementations of the inventive card game disclosed herein. DESCRIPTION [0017]The present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which some, but not all embodiments of the invention are shown. Indeed, this invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments as set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will satisfy applicable legal requirements. [0018]Implementations of a card game are disclosed. One or more such implementations can be played on a card table, an example of which is seen in FIG. 1. With reference to FIG. 1, a basic layout 10 for playing implementations of the disclosed card game according is illustrated. Of course it is to be understood that many other layouts could be adopted to accomplish the disclosed implementations. Continue reading... Full patent description for Card game and method of playing Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Card game and method of playing patent application. Patent Applications in related categories: 20080290600 - One card pot game with tiebreaker options - This is a one card game designed for the novice player. Each player makes an ante bet. The dealer will collect the bets and place them in the pot. Each player receives one card. The player having the highest card will win the pot. In the event, two or more ... ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. 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