Method and apparatus for playing a reverse blackjack card game
AssigneePrime Table Games LLC
InventorDerek J. Webb
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Abstract
A Blackjack derivative card game incorporates a reverse play methodology, wherein after dealing hands of cards to a player and to a dealer, the dealer's hand is resolved in accordance with predetermined game rules prior to resolving the player's hand. If the dealer is still in the game after resolving the dealer's hand, the player's hand is then resolved in accordance with the rules. With this methodology, disadvantages associated with conventional game play such as Blackjack can be eliminated. For example, with the dealer hand exposed and resolved, the players are not required and do not perceive a requirement to understand a basic strategy. Rather, the goal is simply to beat the dealer's hand. The impact of card counting can also be eliminated, and the speed of game play can be increased.
Claims41
A method of playing a card game comprising:
- (a) dealing hands of cards to a player and to a dealer;
- (b) determining a numerical total of the dealer's hand, wherein:
- (b1) if the numerical total of the dealer's hand is below a lower limit, dealing an additional card to the dealer and repeating step (b),
- (b2) if the numerical total of the dealer's hand is equal to or greater than the lower limit without exceeding an upper limit, proceeding to step (c), and
- (b3) if the numerical total of the dealer's hand exceeds the upper limit, discarding the dealer's hand and skipping steps (c) and (c1)-(c4);
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- (c) determining a numerical total of the player's hand, wherein:
- (c1) if the numerical total of the player's hand is below the numerical total of the dealer's hand. dealing an additional card to the player and repeating step (c),
- (c2) if the numerical total of the player's hand is equal to the numerical total of the dealer's hand, declaring the game outcome in accordance with predetermined rules of the game,
- (c3) if the numerical total of the player's hand is above the numerical total of the dealer's hand without exceeding the upper limit, the player winning the game, and
- (c4) if the numerical total of the player's hand exceeds the upper limit, the dealer winning the game.
A method of playing a card game comprising:
- (a) dealing hands of cards to a player and to a dealer, at least the dealer hand being dealt face up;
- (b) resolving the dealer's hand in accordance with predetermined game rules prior to resolving the player's hand;
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- (c) if the dealer is still in the game after step (b), resolving the player's hand based on the resolved dealer's hand in accordance with the predetermined game rules.
An apparatus configured for playing a card game comprising:
- means for dealing hands of cards to a player and to a dealer, at least the dealer hand being dealt face up;
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- means for resolving the dealer's hand in accordance with predetermined game rules prior to resolving the player's hand, wherein if the dealer is still in the game after resolving the dealer's hand, the resolving means further resolving the player's hand based on the resolved dealer's hand in accordance with the predetermined game rules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.