Card game

A method of playing a card game among a plurality of Players and a Banker, each Player wagering against the Banker, comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing and shuffling at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards;
• (b) placing a Poker Bet wager;
• (c) dealing cards, five cards dealt either at one time or proportionally, into enough dealt hands of five cards to provide a dealt hand for each Player and for the Banker;
• (d) determining which dealt hand is assigned to each Player and which dealt hand is assigned to the Banker;
• (e) determining whether each Player's Poker Bet wager wins, loses or ties, wherein each Player's hand is compared to the Banker's hand according to the rankings selected for the Poker Bet game, wherein hands are ranked in descending order as follows:
• 4 of a Kind, Full House, 3 of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair and Point Count;
• wherein 4 of a Kind, Full House, 3 of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair are ranked and compared as conventional poker hands;
• wherein Point Count hands are ranked in descending order as follows:
• 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and 0 point;
• and
• (f) settling each Player's wager against the Banker as follows:
• If the Player's ranks lower than the Banker's hand, the Player's wager loses;
• if the Player's and the Banker's hand rank the same, then two hands tie and the Player's wager neither wins nor loses;
• if the Player's hand ranks higher than the Banker's, the Player's wager wins and is paid either Even Money, namely 1 to 1, if the Banker's losing hand is not 0 point or one half of the wager, namely 1 to 2, if the Banker's losing hand is 0 point.

A method of playing a card game among a plurality of Players and a Banker, each Player wagering against the Banker, comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing and shuffling at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards;
• (b) placing a One Pair Bet wager;
• (c) dealing cards, five cards dealt either at one time or proportionally, into enough dealt hands of five cards to provide a dealt hand for each Player and for the Banker;
• (d) determining which dealt hand is assigned to each Player and which dealt hand is assigned to the Banker;
• (e) determining whether each Player's One Pair Bet wager wins or loses, wherein a Player's One Pair wager wins if the Player's hand is One Pair, Two Pair, 3 of a Kind, Full House or 4 of a Kind, and the Player's wager loses if the Player's hand is not one of said winning hands;
• and
• (f) settling each Player's One Pair Bet wager against the Banker as follows:
• the Player's winning One Pair Bet wager is paid Even Money, namely 1 to 1.