Table card game

A method of playing a table card game using a deck of playing cards, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a player and a dealer;
• b) allowing the player to make a mandatory first wager as to whether three cards in a first hand of four cards to be dealt to the player from the deck of playing cards will add up to a qualifying value of ten (10), twenty (20), or thirty (30);
• c) allowing the player to optionally make a first bonus wager as to whether three cards of the first hand dealt to the player that will add up to the qualifying value will also be one of a pair, a flush, a straight, a three-of-a-kind, and a straight flush;
• d) dealing the first hand face down to the player and a second chance hand face down to the dealer;
• e) allowing the player to examine the first hand;
• f) allowing the player to discard the first hand if the player determines that three of the cards in the first hand will not add up to the qualifying value of ten (10), twenty (20), or thirty (30);
• g) collecting the player's first wager and, if any, the optional first bonus wager if the player discards the first hand;
• h) turning face up the first hand dealt to the player if the player does not discard the first hand;
• i) determining whether the three cards in the first hand add up to the qualifying value of ten (10), twenty (20), or thirty (30);
• j) paying the player a first predetermined amount at a 1 to 1 pay scale based on the amount of the player's first wager if three of cards in the first hand add up to the qualifying value of ten (10), twenty (20), or thirty (30);
• k) paying the player a second predetermined amount at a pay scale as follows
• i)
• Pair
• 2 to 1
• ii)
• Flush
• 5 to 1
• iii)
• Straight
• 6 to 1
• iv)
• Three-of-a-kind
• 30 to 1
• v)
• Straight flush
• 40 to 1
• based on the amount of the player's optional bonus wager, if any, if three of the cards that add up to the qualifying value of ten (10), twenty (20), or thirty (30) are one of the pair, the flush, the straight, the three-of-a-kind, and the straight flush;
• l) collecting the player's first wager if three of cards in the first hand do not add up to the qualifying value of ten (10), twenty (20), or thirty (30);
• m) collecting the player's optional first bonus wager, if any, if three of the cards in the first hand that add up to the qualifying value are not one of the pair, the flush, the straight, the three-of-a-kind, and the straight flush;
• n) allowing the player to optionally make a second chance wager as to whether three of the cards in the second chance hand dealt to the dealer will add up to the qualifying value of ten (10), twenty (20), or thirty (30);
• o) allowing the player to optionally make a second chance bonus wager as to whether three of the cards in the second chance hand dealt to the dealer that will add up to the qualifying value of ten (10), twenty (20), or thirty (30) will also be one of the pair, the flush, the straight, the three-of-a-kind, and the straight flush;
• p) turning face up the second chance hand dealt to the dealer;
• q) determining whether three of the cards in the second chance hand add up to the qualifying value of ten (10), twenty (20), or thirty (30);
• r) paying the player the first predetermined amount at a 1 to 1 pay scale based on the amount of the player's second chance wager if the predetermined number of cards in the second chance hand add up to the qualifying value;
• s) paying the player the second predetermined amount at a pay scale as follows
• i)
• Pair
• 2 to 1
• ii)
• Flush
• 5 to 1
• iii)
• Straight
• 6 to 1
• iv)
• Three-of-a-kind
• 30 to 1
• v)
• Straight flush
• 40 to 1
• based on the amount of the player's optional second chance bonus wager, if any, if three of the cards in the second chance hand that add up to the qualifying value are one of the pair, the flush, the straight, the three-of-a-kind, and the straight flush;
• and
• t) collecting the player's second chance wager and optional second chance bonus wager, if any, if three of the cards in the second chance hand do not add up to the qualifying value of ten (10), twenty (20), or thirty (30).