Multiple play high card game with insurance bet

A method of playing a card game, comprising:

• a player placing a first wager, a second wager, a third wager and having the ability to place or not to place an insurance wager on at least a first game played with the first wager on only a first card dealt to the player and on only a first card dealt to a dealer;
• a dealer dealing a first card to said player and a first card to said dealer;
• paying said player a predetermined amount if said first card to said dealer is an Ace or a face card if the player has placed the insurance wager;
• and
• resolving said first wager,
• wherein if said player has won said first wager, said player qualifies to receive a second card and continue playing a second segment of said card game, the method further comprising:
• said dealer dealing a second card to said player and a second card to said dealer if said player won said first wager;
• and
• resolving said second wager,
• wherein if said player has won said second wager, said player qualifies to receive a third card and continue playing a third segment of said card game, the method further comprising:
• said dealer dealing a third card to said player and a third card to said dealer if said player won said second wager;
• and
• resolving said third wager.

A video gaming apparatus, comprising a microprocessor with memory, wherein said memory comprises software that includes a method of playing a game, the method comprising:

• allowing a player to placing at least two wagers and an optional insurance wager on at least a first game played with only a first card dealt to the player and only a first card dealt to a dealer, wherein the at least two wagers must be consecutively played;
• dealing a first virtual card to said player and a first virtual card to said apparatus;
• paying said player a predetermined amount if said first virtual card to said apparatus is an Ace or a face card and when the optional insurance wager has been made;
• and
• resolving a first wager on the at least first game played with the first card dealt to the player and the first card dealt to the dealer.

A method of playing a card game using one or more standard decks of cards, comprising:

• a player placing at least two wagers on a corresponding number of consecutively played hands of cards;
• optionally placing an additional insurance wager on at least a first game played with only a first card dealt to the player and only a first card dealt to a dealer;
• a dealer dealing a first card to said player and a first card to a dealer;
• paying the player a payout on any additional insurance wager placed when the dealer's card is a predetermined value;
• resolving a first of the at least two wagers by paying the player a first payout if a rank of the player card exceeds a rank of the dealer card, the dealer collecting the first wager if a rank of the dealer card exceeds a rank of the player card, and returning the first wager to the player if a rank of the dealer and player cards are equal;
• and when the player is awarded a first payout;
• resolving a second of the at least two wagers by paying the player a second payout if a rank of the player card exceeds a rank of the dealer card, the dealer collecting the first wager if a rank of the dealer card exceeds a rank of the player card, and returning the second wager to the player if a rank of the dealer and player cards are equal;
• and
• when the player is not awarded a first payout, the dealer taking all remaining wagers placed on the consecutively played hands.