''cards and card game''

Abstract

This patent relates to novel playing cards and games that can be played with those cards. The novel cards have the suit on one side and the card's value on the other. Thus, when they are dealt, the player will know the suit of some or all cards in his hand, but will not know the value.

What I claim:  
     
         1 . Playing cards, or an electronic representation, that have the suit on one side and the value on the other side.  
     
     
         2 . A deck of playing cards, or an electronic representation, where some of the cards have the suit on one side and the value on the other, and the remaining cards have the suit and value on the same side and a non-descriptive back.  
     
     
         3 . A poker game where cards are dealt in a diamond pattern, some or all of the cards are split representation, the player is allowed to exchange cards between hands, and the player is paid off according to a paytable.  
     
     
         4 . A poker game where cards are dealt in a diamond pattern, the interior cards of the pattern are split representation cards and the corner cards are conventional cards dealt face down, the player is permitted to exchange some or all of the cards and is paid off according to a paytable.  
     
     
         5 . A poker game where n hands of cards are dealt where some or all of the cards are split representation cards, one or more bets can be placed and the player is paid off according to a paytable.  
     
     
         6 . A method of playing poker where some or all of the cards are split representation.