Card games

The present invention relates to card games and in particular to a method of playing a card game. The card game may be played in its own right or as a subsidiary game to another card game, for example blackjack or poker.

According to one aspect of the present application a card game comprises;

• • dealing one or more cards to a player;
  • dealing a key card;
  • the player winning the game if one or more of the cards dealt to him is of the same suit as the key card.

In accordance with one embodiment of the game, a dealer may deal one or more cards to one or more players and a separate key card that is common to all the players. The or each player will then compare the cards dealt to the player with the key card and if one or more of the cards dealt to the player is of the same suit as the key card then that player will win, winning any associated bet corresponding to the game. The key card may be a specific card dealt by the dealer, a specified card dealt to the player, for example the first of a plurality of cards, or a specified one of one or more cards dealt to the dealer as part of another card game.

In addition to winning the game if the player is dealt one or more cards of the same suit as the key card, the pay out on a bet associated with the game may vary depending on the rank of the players card or cards and the key card.

In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, one or more players wishing to partake in the game place a bet on the outcome of the game. A dealer then deals a single card to each participating player, from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. The dealer then deals a single key card. Each participating player then compares the card dealt to the player with the key card, the player winning the bet if the players card is of the same suit as the key card. If the players card is not the same suit as the key card the player loses and forfeits his bet.