Method of playing a HI-LO card game having eights as trump cards
OwnerWilliam H. Sklarinventor
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Abstract
A method for playing a casino card having playing cards ranked in a conventional manner wherein deuces, or two's, are the lowest ranked playing cards, aces are the highest ranked playing cards, and eights are trump is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: providing a standard playing deck of 52 cards, adding at least one additional playing card having a value of eight to the deck, beginning a hand of play for a game, shuffling the deck, each player makes a prediction as to whether a dealt playing card n will be a HI or LO card, a dealer deals the card n, and if the card n is an eight of any suit, all the players lose the game and the game is finished.
Claims16
In a method for playing a casino card having playing cards ranked in a conventional manner wherein deuces, or two's, are the lowest ranked playing cards, aces are the highest ranked playing cards, and eights are trump, the steps comprised of:
- providing a standard playing deck of 52 cards;
- adding at least one additional playing card having a value of eight to said deck;
- beginning a hand of play for a game;
- shuffling said deck;
- each player makes a prediction as to whether a dealt playing card n will be a HI or LO card;
- a dealer deals said card n;
- if said card n is an eight of any suit, all said players lose said game and said game is finished;
- if said card n is higher in rank than an eight, all said players who bet LO, lose said hand;
- if said card n is lower in rank than an eight, all said players who bet HI, lose said hand;
- wherein all said players who lost said hand no longer participate until a next game n+1 begins;
- wherein all said players who correctly predicted the relationship between said card n and their respective said prediction win said hand and are winning players for said hand;
- wherein said winning players may either collect their winning or may become players of a hand n+1;
- wherein each of said players of said hand n+1 makes a prediction as to whether the next dealt playing card n+1 will be a HI or LO card;
- each of said players of said hand n+l places a wager of equal value to their original wager made in hand n;
- said dealer deals said card n+1;
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- if said card n+1 is an eight of any suit, all said players of said hand n+1 lose said game and said game is finished.
In a method for playing a casino card having playing cards ranked in a conventional manner wherein deuces, or two's , are the lowest ranked playing cards, and aces are the highest ranked playing cards, the steps comprised of:
- providing a standard playing deck of 52 cards;
- adding at least one additional playing card having a value of eight to said deck;
- beginning a hand of play for a game;
- shuffling said deck;
- each player makes a prediction as to whether a dealt playing card n will be a HI or LO card;
- a dealer deals said card n;
- if said card n is an eight of any suit, all said players lose said game and said game is finished;
- if said card n is higher in rank than an eight, all said players who bet LO, lose said hand;
- if said card n is lower in rank than an eight, all said player's who bet HI lose said hand.
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