US 5,288,082 AGranted

Method of playing double hand marquez

OwnerRuben L. Marquezinventor

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Abstract

A multiple hand variation of the card game Twenty-One involving individual players being dealt five cards, the five cards being divided into a two-card front hand and a three-card back hand is disclosed. The cards in the front hand and the cards in the back hand are arranged to as to make the each hand have a numerical value as close to twenty-one as possible, without going over, while at the same time maximizing the value of the front hand in relation to the back hand so that the front hand has a numerical value closer to twenty-one, without exceeding twenty-one, than the back hand. The front hand and the back hand of a player is compared against the front hand and the back hand of a bank player, respectively, to determine if the player wins the hand, in which case the bank player pays the player, or if the player loses the hand, in which case the player forfeits its wager for the hand, or there is a tie.

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Dependent claims

A method of playing a card game, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing at least one deck of playing cards;
(b) establishing numerical values for each card in said deck;
(c) dealing a plurality of cards to a player and a bank player, said player and said bank player being dealt the same number of cards;
(d) said player and said bank player each arranging its cards into a first hand and a second hand, said first hand containing one less card than said second hand, each said hand having a numerical sum;
(e) said cards in each said hand being arranged to produce a hand having a numerical sum that is closest to, without going over, twenty one;
(f) said cards in each said hand being further arranged such that said first hand comprises a hand having numerical value close to twenty-one without exceeding twenty one than said second hand;
(g) comparing the numerical sum of said player's first hand with the numerical sum of said bank player's first hand, with the highest numerical sum not exceeding twenty one winning said first hand;
and
(h) comparing the numerical sum of said player's second hand with the numerical sum of said bank player's second hand, with the highest numerical sum not exceeding twenty one winning said second hand.

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A method of playing a multiple hand card game, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing at least one deck of playing cards comprising a conventional deck of 52 cards with no Jokers;
(b) establishing numerical values for each card in said deck, said values being Ace--1 or 11, King--10, Queen--10, Jack--10, and all other cards keeping their ordinary face value;
(c) dealing five cards to a player and five cards to a bank player;
(d) said player and said bank player each arranging their cards into a front hand having two cards, and a back hand having three cards, each said hand having a numerical sum;
(e) said cards in said front hand being arranged so as to maximize the numerical sum of said hand without exceeding twenty-one;
(f) said cards in said front hand being further arranged such that said front hand comprises a hand having a numerical value closer to twenty-one without exceeding than said back hand;
(g) comparing the numerical sum of said player's front hand with the numerical sum of said bank player's front hand, with the highest numerical sum winning said front hand;
and
(h) comparing the numerical sum of said player's back hand with the numerical sum of said bank player's back hand, with the highest numerical sum not exceeding twenty-one winning said second hand.

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