Casino card game

Abstract

A casino game between a dealer and a player using uses multiple decks of playing cards each consisting of forty cards Ace through ten for each of four suits and a specific layout for mounting on top of gaming table. The layout has a king of spades, or as an additional embodiment other face cards would be used i.e. queen or jack of any suit, embedded into the layout at each of the player and dealer's stations. The cards each have a value equal to the face value of the card except aces, which may be valued at one or eleven. The player makes a base wager and the dealer deals one card to the player and one card to the dealer. Both player and dealer use the embedded king of spades, or other face card, located in the layout in front of each station, as part of their hand. The layout king has a value of ten. The player forms a final hand by standing or receiving additional cards. If the player receives a card that causes the player's hand to exceed twenty-one, the player automatically loses and his base wager is collected. The dealer forms a final hand by drawing additional cards or standing, optionally according to house rules. Base wagers are resolved by summing the values of the cards in the dealer's hand and declaring the final hand having a sum closer to twenty-one, without exceeding twenty-one, to be the winning hand. Players having winning hands are rewarded and wagers are collected from players having losing hands. In the event of a push, the player's base wager is returned.

1 . A method of playing a casino game between a dealer and at least one player, the dealer playing according to a predetermined set of house rules, comprising: 
 Providing at least one deck of forty cards Ace through ten for each of four suits, the Aces designated as having a value of either one or eleven and all other cards assigned the value shown on the face of card;    Providing a game layout,  FIG. 1 , consisting of six or seven player stations, a dealer station and an embedded king of spades, or other substituted face card, at each said station:    The player making a base wager;    The dealer dealing one card to the player and one card to the dealer;    The player forming a final hand by opting to stand on his or her single card or receive one or more additional cards, the player busting and automatically losing the player's base wager is the sum of the values of the cards in the player's final hand exceeds twenty-one.    The dealer forming a final hand by standing or drawing additional cards according to said house rules;    Summing the values of the cards in the player's final hand;    Resolving the player's base wager if the player's final hand is the winning hand, collecting the player's base wager if the dealer's final hand is the winning hand, and returning the player's base wager if the player and dealer push.    
   
   
       2 . A method of  claim 1  wherein said house rules comprise the dealer receiving additional cards until the sum of the dealer's final hand is greater than or equal to seventeen.  
   
   
       3 . A method of playing a casino game between a dealer and at least one player, the dealer playing according to a predetermined set of house rules, comprising; 
 providing at least one deck of forty cards consisting essentially of the cards Ace through ten for each of four suits, the Aces assigned a value of either one or eleven and all other cards assigned the value shown on the face of card;    the player making a base wager;    the dealer dealing one card to the player and one card to the dealer;    the player forming a final hand by opting to stand on his single card or receive one or more additional cards, the player busting and automatically losing the player's base wager if the sum of the values of the cards in the player's final hand exceeds twenty-one.    The dealer forming a final hand by standing or drawing additional cards according to said house rules;    summing the values of the cards in the player's final hand;    resolving the player's base wager by summing the values of the cards in the dealer's hand and declaring the final hand having a sum closer to twenty-one, without exceeding twenty-one, to be the winning hand, a push declared if the sum of the player's final hand equals the sum of the dealer's final hand; and    paying the player according to the player's base wager if the player's final hand is the winning hand, collecting the player's base wager if the dealer's final hand is the winning hand, and returning the player's base wager if the player and dealer push.