Playing cards and method for playing card games therewith
OwnerDavid L. Hoyt, Stephen M. Flahertyinventors
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Abstract
A novel card game is disclosed utilizing a standard deck of playing cards and played by combining the rules of tic-tac-toe and twenty-one or poker. The player places the cards at certain locations in order to accumulate combinations of twenty-one or in order to accumulate the best poker hands. Also disclosed are novel decks of game playing cards containing playing cards. One novel deck consists of groups of cards, each containing the numeric values of one through ten. The other novel deck contains 37 or 38 novel cards, each containing a numeric value one through 36, or a zero or a double zero, along with a color indication of red, black or green.
Claims10
A method of playing a card game comprising the steps of:
- a) dealing a playing card from a deck of playing cards to a player;
- b) placing said playing card in one of nine locations, said one of nine locations being determined by a three by three array;
- c) dealing another playing card to said player;
- d) placing said another playing card into a remaining location of said nine locations;
- e) repeating steps c) and d) until there are no locations without playing cards
A deck of playing cards comprising a multiple number of playing cards, each card having a front side of the card and a back side of the card, said back side either containing a design or not containing a design, such that each of the multiple number of cards contains a back side which is similar to each of the other multiple number of cards, such that said multiple number of cards cannot be distinguished from the others by observing the back side of the card, said front side of each of said multiple number of playing cards contains an indication of quantity, said indication of quantity being between one and ten.
A deck of playing cards comprising a multiple number of playing cards, each card having a front side of the card and a back side of the card, said back side either containing a design or not containing a design, such that each of the multiple number of cards contains a back side which is similar to each of the other multiple number of cards, such that said multiple number of cards cannot be distinguished from the others by observing the back side of the card, said front side of each of said multiple number of playing cards contains a number, an indication of color, an indication of odd or even, and an indication of group.
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