US 6,302,398 B1Granted

Method of playing a wild card game and related deck of cards

AssigneeLtb, LLC

InventorRobert Vecchio

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Abstract

A method of playing a card game and a deck of cards for playing the card game. The method includes dealing one face-up card to each player and one face-down card to the dealer from a deck of cards according to the invention. The object is to reach eleven, or as close thereto as possible without exceeding eleven. The deck of cards includes at least six cards of each value from one to eight and at least one wild card, and more preferably, at least four wild cards. Wild cards have any desired value from one to eleven. A player wins immediately if he initially receives a wild card, unless the dealer also initially receives a wild card, and vice-a-versa. Provided the dealer and at least one player do not receive a wild card, play continues, with each player having the choice of resting or requesting additional cards, one at a time. A player loses if the total value of the cards received by the player exceeds eleven. After all players have rested, the dealer continues. The dealer must rest immediately if the first card received by the dealer exceeds six. If not, the dealer must take additional cards until the total value of the cards received by the dealer is seven or more. The dealer loses against all remaining players if the total value of the cards received by the dealer exceeds eleven. A player wins if the value of the player's cards exceeds the value of the dealer's cards, and vice-a-versa.

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Dependent claims

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

providing a deck of cards having only number cards and one or more wild cards, each number card having a value solely within the range of one through eight and each wild card having any advantageous value from one to eleven;
a dealer dealing a hand beginning with a first face-up card from the deck to a player and a first face-down card to the dealer;
determining if the player has won the hand against the dealer after the first cards are dealt, the player winning the hand if the player has received one of the wild cards as the player's first card, unless the dealer has also received one of the wild cards as the dealer's first card, in which case neither the player nor the dealer wins the hand;
determining if the dealer has won the hand against the player after the first cards are dealt, the dealer winning the hand after the first cards are dealt if the dealer has received one of the wild cards as the dealer's first card, unless the player has also received one of the wild cards as the player's first card, in which case neither the player nor the dealer wins the hand;
after the first cards are dealt, the player selecting from the steps of:
immediately resting, or
requesting a single additional card and resting, or
requesting multiple additional cards, one at a time, before resting, the additional cards being dealt face-up;
determining if the player has lost the hand to the dealer after each additional card is dealt to the player, the player losing the hand after an additional card is dealt if the additional card requested by the player has caused the total value of the cards dealt to the player to exceed eleven;
turning the dealer's first card face-up after the player has rested with cards totaling eleven or less;
dealing an additional face-up card to the dealer if the value of the dealer's first card is six or less and continuing to deal additional cards to the dealer until the total value of the cards dealt to the dealer is seven or more,
determining if the dealer has lost the hand to the player after each additional card is dealt to the dealer by determining if the total value of the cards dealt to the dealer has exceeded eleven;
determining if the dealer has won the hand against the player by determining if the total value of the cards dealt to the dealer has exceeded the total value of the cards dealt to the player;
and
determining if the player has won the hand against the dealer by determining if the total value of the cards dealt to the player has exceeded the total value of the cards dealt to the dealer.

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

providing a deck of cards having only number cards and one or more wild cards, each number card having a value solely within the range of one through eight and each wild card having any advantageous value from one to eleven;
a plurality of players making corresponding wagers;
a dealer dealing a hand beginning with a first face-up card from the deck to each player and a first face-down card to the dealer;
after the first cards are dealt, individually determining if each player has won the hand against the dealer, each player individually winning the hand against the dealer if the player has received one of the wild cards as the player's first card, unless the dealer has also received one of the wild cards as the dealer's first card, in which case neither the player nor the dealer wins the hand and the hand is a push;
after the first cards are dealt, determining if the dealer has won the hand against all remaining players who have not received a first wild card, the dealer winning the hand against all remaining players who have not received a first wild card, and the hand being over, if the dealer has received one of the wild cards as the dealer's first card;
after the first cards are dealt, and provided the hand is not over, a first player from among the remaining plurality of players deciding when to rest by selecting from the steps of:
immediately resting, or
requesting a single additional card and resting, the additional card being dealt face-up, or
requesting multiple additional cards, one at a time, before resting, the additional cards all being dealt face-up;
determining if the first player has individually lost the hand to the dealer if the player has decided to request additional cards, the determination being made after each additional card is dealt to the player, the player losing the hand after an additional card is dealt if the additional card requested by the player has caused the total value of the cards dealt to the player to exceed eleven;
for each other remaining player, repeating the steps of deciding when to rest and determining if the other player has individually lost the hand to the dealer;
turning the dealer's first card face-up after each remaining player has rested;
dealing an additional face-up card to the dealer if the value of the dealer's first card is six or less and continuing to deal additional cards to the dealer until the total value of the cards dealt to the dealer is seven or more,
determining if the dealer has lost the hand to all remaining player after each additional card is dealt to the dealer by determining if the total value of the cards dealt to the dealer has exceeded eleven;
individually determining if the dealer has won the hand against each remaining player by separately determining if the total value of the cards dealt to the dealer has exceeded the total value of the cards dealt to the remaining player;
and
individually determining if each remaining player has won the hand against the dealer by separately determining if the total value of the cards dealt to each remaining player has exceeded the total value of the cards dealt to the dealer.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.