Casino card game

A method for playing a casino card game for at least one player playing against a dealer using conventional playing cards, comprising:

• the player placing a wager;
• dealing a two card hand to each of the dealer and player;
• comparing the dealer's two-card hand to the player's two-card hand and if either the player hand or dealer hand contains a predetermined two-card combination, declaring the hand with the two-card combination the winning hand unless both the player hand and dealer hand contain a predetermined two-card combination in which case the hand with the higher ranking two-card combination is the winning hand;
• if neither the player hand nor dealer hand includes a predetermined two-card combination, (a) comparing the single higher card of the player hand to the single higher card of the dealer hand and the single lower card of the player hand to the single lower card of the dealer hand, (b) declaring the player hand the winning hand if the higher card of the player hand outranks the higher card of the dealer hand and the lower card of the player hand outranks the lower card of the dealer hand, (c) declaring the dealer hand the winning hand if the higher card of the dealer hand outranks or ties the higher card of the player hand and the lower card of the dealer hand outranks or ties the lower card of the player hand, (d) declaring a push if one of the player cards outranks the corresponding dealer card and the remaining dealer card outranks or ties the remaining player card;
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• issuing a reward to the player if the player hand is the winning hand, returning the player's wager if a push is declared, or collecting the player's wager if the dealer hand is the winning hand.

A method for playing a casino card game for at least one player playing against a dealer using conventional playing cards, comprising:

• the player placing a wager;
• dealing a two card hand to each of the dealer and player;
• comparing the dealer's two-card hand to the player's two-card hand and if either the player hand or dealer hand contains a pair, declaring the hand with the pair the winning hand unless both the player hand and dealer hand contain a pair in which case the hand with the higher ranking pair is the winning hand;
• if neither the player hand nor dealer hand includes a pair, (a) comparing the single higher card of the player hand to the single higher card of the dealer hand and the single lower card of the player hand to the single lower card of the dealer hand, (b) declaring the player hand the winning hand if the higher card of the player hand outranks the higher card of the dealer hand and the lower card of the player hand outranks the lower card of the dealer hand, (c) declaring the dealer hand the winning hand if the higher card of the dealer hand outranks or ties the higher card of the player hand and the lower card of the dealer hand outranks or ties the lower card of the player hand, (d) declaring a push if one of the player cards outranks the corresponding dealer card and the remaining dealer card outranks or ties the remaining player card;
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• issuing a reward to the player if the player hand is the winning hand, returning the player's wager if a push is declared, or collecting the player's wager if the dealer hand is the winning hand.