Game of chance

A method of playing a game of skill and chance the object of which is for a player to acquire one or more playing pieces whose aggregate totals a nominal value of between seven and eleven or a value more than said nominal value but less than the aggregate of one or more playing pieces held by a banker player, requiring a minimum of two persons, comprising the steps of:

• utilizing playing pieces including special pieces, face and numeric pieces which are capable of establishing an order of prevalence singly and in combination whose aggregate enables a hand of one or more of the playing pieces to prevail over another hand of one or more of the playing pieces;
• selecting one of the persons as dealer of the playing pieces, one of the persons as an action player, and one of the persons as a banker;
• placing wagers respectively by the players;
• the dealer furnishing only one randomly selected first playing piece face down to each of the players in turn whose responsibility is to examine only the value of said first playing piece to determine whether additional playing pieces are desired;
• after each player is provided with a first playing piece, the dealer furnishing as many additional playing pieces as requested to the action player to form an action players hand;
• after said action player has been furnished as many playing pieces as requested, the dealer furnishing as many additional playing pieces as requested to each subsequent player, one player at a time, so as to form a hand for each additional player except the banker;
• after all other players have been furnished as many playing pieces as requested, exposing the banker player's first playing piece, and the dealer furnishing as many additional playing pieces as requested to the banker player, to form a banker player's hand;
• exposing all hidden playing pieces of the action player;
• determining the value of the banker player's hand, determining the value of the action player's hand, and comparing the values of the respective hands to determine an order of prevalence between the action player and the banker player, thereby to determine the winner;
• in determining said order of prevalence assigning a value of one or eleven points to special pieces, between zero and one point to face pieces, and face value to numeric pieces, said special pieces being designated as having a natural 11 value, if the value of the banker player's hand is less than said nominal value and the value of the action player's hand is greater than the banker player's hand but less than or equal to said nominal value, declaring the action player the winner, if the value of the banker player's hand is more than said nominal value and the value of the action player's hand is less than the value of said banker player's hand, declaring the action player the winner, declaring the holder of a single special piece the winner, and declaring the banker player the winner under all other conditions;
• distributing the respective wagers based on the determination of which player is declared to be the winner, at which time play passes to a subsequent player who becomes the action player;
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• the dealer terminating play when the players have played to the determination of an outcome.

A method of playing a game of skill and chance the object of which is for a player to acquire one or more playing pieces whose aggregate totals a nominal value of between seven and twelve or a value more than said nominal value but less than the aggregate of one or more playing pieces held by a banker player, requiring a minimum of two persons, comprising the steps of:

• utilizing playing pieces including ace, face and numeric pieces which are capable of establishing an order of prevalence singly and in combination whose aggregate enables a hand of one or more of the playing pieces to prevail over another hand of one or more of the playing pieces;
• selecting one of the persons as dealer of the playing pieces, one of the persons as an action player, and one of the persons as a banker;
• placing wagers respectively by the players;
• the dealer furnishing only one randomly selected first playing piece face down to each of the players in turn whose responsibility is to examine only the value of said first playing piece to determine whether additional playing pieces are desired;
• after each player is provided with a first playing piece, the dealer furnishing as many additional playing pieces as requested beginning with the action player to form hands for each player;
• exposing the banker player's hand;
• exposing the action player's hand;
• determining the value of the banker player's hand, determining the value of the action player's hand, and comparing the values of the respective hands to determine an order of prevalence between the action player and the banker player, thereby to determine the winner;
• in determining said order of prevalence assigning a value of one or eleven points to aces, between zero and one point to face pieces, and face value to numeric pieces, if the value of the banker player's hand is less than said nominal value and the value of the action player's hand is greater than the banker player's hand but less than or equal to said nominal value, declaring the action player the winner, if the value of the banker player's hand is more than said nominal value and the value of the action player's hand is less than the value of said banker player's hand, declaring the action player the winner, and declaring the banker player the winner under all other conditions;
• distributing the respective wagers based on the determination of which player is declared to be the winner, at which time play passes to a subsequent player who becomes the action player;
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• the dealer terminating play when the players have played to the determination of an outcome.