Suit match card game

Abstract

A method and system for playing a casino style card game includes a dealer and up to 7 players. The game can be played using physical playing cards or electronically generated playing cards in a computerized gaming system. The game has four segments, a side bet round, a bonus round, an ante round and a match round. The game can be adapted for use with a blackjack game incorporating the aforementioned four segments in addition to a conventional blackjack wager. All winning player hands are paid according to a predetermined pay-table as desired by a casino or operator of the game.

1 . A method of playing a card game, comprising:
 a. receiving an ante wager and a match wager from at least one player;   b. optionally receiving an optional bonus wager and or an optional side bet wager from the at least one player;   c. dealing the at least one player a first, second, and third playing card from randomized standard playing cards, face up then deals the dealer one card face down;   d. comparing the dealer card to the at least one player three card hand for the optional side bet wager, the optional bonus wager, the ante wager, and the match wager;   e. paying the at least one player if the player's three card hand meets the combination specified on a payment table for the optional side wager, the optional bonus wager, the ante wager, and the match wager; and   f. taking the side bet wager, the bonus wager, the ante wager, and the match wager if the player's three card hand does not meet the combination specified on a payment table.   
     
     
         2 . The method of playing the card game of  claim 1 , wherein a dealer deals from a standard fifty-two card deck, having fours suits, each suit having thirteen cards having, in an order from low to high, a value of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace. 
     
     
         3 . The method of playing the card game of  claim 1 , wherein a dealer deals card from a shoe of four decks of cards. 
     
     
         4 . A method of playing a card game, comprising:
 a. receiving an ante wager and a match wager from at least one player;   b. optionally receiving an optional bonus wager and or an optional side bet wager from the at least one player;   c. deals the at least one player a first and second card face up and then deals the dealer one card face down and one card face up;   d. comparing the dealer card to the at least one player three card hand for the optional side bet wager, the optional bonus wager, the ante wager, and the match wager;   e. paying the at least one player if the player's three card hand meets the combination specified on a payment table for the optional side wager, the optional bonus wager, the ante wager, and the match wager; and   f. taking the side bet wager, the bonus wager, the ante wager, and the match wager if the player's three card hand does not meet the combination specified on a payment table; and   g. commencing playing blackjack.