Card Game

Abstract

A card game is played between a dealer and at least one player. Each player is required to ante a bet before receiving a hand of cards. Cards are dealt to the dealer and each player so that the dealer and each player each receive two cards with faces of the dealer's cards hidden from each player. Each player is permitted to view their cards and the make additional bets. The cards dealt to the dealer are revealed. Each player holding a hand wherein the sum of the player's cards is within a selected amount of the sum of the dealer's cards is identified as a winner.

1 . A method of playing a card game between a dealer and at least one player including:
 requiring each player to ante a bet before receiving a hand of cards;   dealing cards to the dealer and each player so that the faces of the dealer's cards are hidden from each player;   permitting each player to view their cards;   permitting each player to make additional bets;   revealing the cards dealt to the dealer;   identifying as a winner each player holding a hand wherein the sum of the player's cards is within a selected amount of the sum of the dealer's cards.   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1  further including awarding money to each winner. 
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1  further including identifying as a non-winner each player holding a hand wherein the sum of the player's cards is outside a selected amount of the sum of the dealer's cards. 
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 3  further including causing each non-winner to lose the totality of each non-winner's ante and additional bets. 
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1  further including identifying as a non-winner each player not declining to make additional bets. 
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 5  further including causing each non-winner to lose the totality of each non-winner's ante. 
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the sum of each player's hand includes the sum of:
 the face value of each card from two through ten;   ten for each face card; and   at the discretion of the player, either one or eleven for each ace.   
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the sum of each player's hand includes the sum of:
 the face value of each card from two through ten;   eleven for each jack;   twelve for each queen;   thirteen for each king; and   at the discretion of the player, either one or fourteen for each ace.   
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the sum of the dealer's hand includes the sum of:
 the face value of each card from two through ten,   ten for each face card,   one if the first card received by the dealer is an ace, and   eleven if the second card received by the dealer is an ace.   
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the sum of the dealer's hand includes the sum of:
 the face value of each card from two through ten,   eleven for each jack,   twelve for each queen,   thirteen for each king,   one if the first card received by the dealer is an ace, and   fourteen if the second card received by the dealer is an ace.   
   
   
       11 . A program storage system readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program, applet, or instructions executable by the computer to perform a method for playing a card game between a dealer and at least one player, the method comprising:
 requiring each player to ante a bet before receiving a hand of cards;   dealing cards to the dealer and each player so that the faces of the dealer's cards are hidden from each player;   permitting each player to view their cards;   permitting each player to make additional bets;   revealing the cards dealt to the dealer;   identifying as a winner each player holding a hand wherein the sum of the player's cards is within a selected amount of the sum of the dealer's cards.   
   
   
       12 . The program storage system of  claim 11  further including awarding money to each winner. 
   
   
       13 . The program storage system of  claim 11  further including identifying as a non-winner each player holding a hand wherein the sum of the player's cards is outside a selected amount of the sum of the dealer's cards. 
   
   
       14 . The program storage system of  claim 13  further including causing each non-winner to lose the totality of each non-winner's ante and additional bets. 
   
   
       15 . The program storage system of  claim 11  further including identifying as a non-winner each player not declining to make additional bets. 
   
   
       16 . The program storage system of  claim 15  further including causing each non-winner to lose the totality of each non-winner's ante. 
   
   
       17 . The program storage system of  claim 11  wherein the sum of each player's hand includes the sum of:
 the face value of each card from two through ten;   ten for each face card; and   at the discretion of the player, either one or eleven for each ace.   
   
   
       18 . The program storage system of  claim 11  wherein the sum of each player's hand includes the sum of:
 the face value of each card from two through ten;   eleven for each jack;   twelve for each queen;   thirteen for each king; and   at the discretion of the player, either one or fourteen for each ace.   
   
   
       19 . The program storage system of  claim 11  wherein the sum of the dealer's hand includes the sum of:
 the face value of each card from two through ten,   ten for each face card,   one if the first card received by the dealer is an ace, and   eleven if the second card received by the dealer is an ace.   
   
   
       20 . The program storage system of  claim 11  wherein the sum of the dealer's hand includes the sum of:
 the face value of each card from two through ten,   eleven for each jack,   twelve for each queen,   thirteen for each king,   one if the first card received by the dealer is an ace, and   fourteen if the second card received by the dealer is an ace.