Method of playing asian high-low card game

A method of playing a card game among a plurality of players arranged in a circular fashion, a dealer being positioned between two of the players, the method comprising the following steps:

• providing a composite deck of cards, the composite deck of cards corresponding at least in part to at least one conventional deck of cards;
• placing a wager by each of the players;
• a first player among the plurality of players being assigned the title of banker;
• determining whether a first winning scheme is to be commonly used by all the players and banker or a second winning scheme is to be commonly used by all the players and banker;
• providing at least one decision piece to the banker, the banker using the decision piece to determine an assignment of an action button;
• assigning to a second player among the plurality of players the action button, the assignment of the action button to the second player being based upon a number generated by the use of the decision piece;
• dealing by the dealer a first round of at least one card to each of the plurality of players in rotation;
• determining by each of the players whether zero or at least one additional card is desired;
• dealing by the dealer a second round of cards to any player in rotation who wants a card, seated to the immediate left of the first player;
• and
• comparing the hands of the banker to each of the players' hands and declaring as winners players having hands that meet the determined winning scheme.

A method of playing a card game among a plurality of players arranged in a circular fashion, a dealer being positioned between two of the players, the method comprising the following steps:

• providing a composite deck of cards, the composite deck of cards at least in part to at least one modified deck of cards which is modified by removing all seven, eight, nine, ten, Jack, Queen, and King cards from a conventional deck of cards;
• placing a wager by each of the players;
• a first player among the plurality of players being assigned the title of banker;
• determining whether a first winning scheme is to be used or a second winning scheme is to be used;
• providing at least one decision piece to the banker, the banker using the decision piece to determine an assignment of an action button;
• assigning to a second player among the plurality of players the action button, the assignment of the action button to the second player being based upon a number generated by the use of the decision piece;
• dealing by the dealer a first round of at least one card to each of the plurality of players in rotation;
• determining by each of the players whether zero or at least one additional card is desired;
• dealing by the dealer a second round of cards to any player in rotation who wants a card;
• and
• comparing the hands of the banker to each of the players' hands and declaring as winners players having hands that meet the determined winning scheme,
• wherein the first winning scheme is a "high" winning scheme that assigns a higher priority to greater sums of cards than to smaller sums of cards, the high winning scheme assigning a "best hand" to be a total of twelve, and a "worst hand" to be a total of two, the high winning scheme being set forth fully from best to worst, in descending order, as follows:
• twelve, eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and
• wherein the second winning scheme is a "low" winning scheme that assigns a lower priority to greater sums of cards than to smaller sums of cards, the low winning scheme assigning a "best hand" to be a total of two, and a "worst hand" to be a total of twelve, the second winning scheme being set forth fully from best to worst, in descending order, as follows:
• two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.

A method of playing a tile game among a plurality of players arranged in a circular fashion, a dealer being positioned between two of the players, the method comprising the following steps:

• providing a composite set of tiles, the composite set of tiles corresponding at least in part to at least one modified deck of cards which is modified by removing all seven, eight, nine, ten, Jack, Queen, and King cards from a conventional deck of cards;
• placing a wager by each of the players;
• a first player among the plurality of players being assigned the title of banker;
• determining whether a first winning scheme is to be used or a second winning scheme is to be used;
• providing at least one decision piece to the banker, the banker using the decision piece to determine an assignment of an action button;
• assigning to a second player among the plurality of players the action button, the assignment of the action button to the second player being based upon a number generated by the use of the decision piece;
• dealing by the dealer a first round of at least one tile to each of the plurality of players in rotation;
• determining by each of the players whether zero or at least one additional tile is desired;
• dealing by the dealer a second round of tiles to any player in rotation who wants a tile seated to the immediate left of the first player;
• and
• comparing the hands of the banker to each of the players' hands and declaring as winners players having hands that meet the determined winning scheme.

A method of playing a tile game among a plurality of players arranged in a circular fashion, a dealer being positioned between two of the players, the method comprising the following steps:

• providing a composite set of tiles, the composite set of tiles corresponding at least in part to at least one conventional deck of cards;
• placing a wager by each of the players;
• a first player among the plurality of players being assigned the title of banker;
• determining whether a first winning scheme is to be commonly used by all the players and banker or a second winning scheme is to be commonly used by all the players and banker;
• providing at least one decision piece to the banker, the banker using the decision piece to determine an assignment of an action button;
• assigning to a second player among the plurality of players the action button, the assignment of the action button to the second player being based upon a number generated by the use of the decision piece;
• dealing by the dealer a first round of at least one tile to each of the plurality of players in rotation;
• determining by each of the players whether zero or at least one additional tile is desired;
• dealing by the dealer a second round of tiles to any player in rotation who wants a tile;
• and
• comparing the hands of the banker to each of the players' hands and declaring as winners players having hands that meet the determined winning scheme.