Card game

Abstract

A card game for play by two individuals, one of which is designated as player one and the other is designated as player two, using a card deck having cards with numbered indicia from one to ten. Initially three cards are dealt to each player to form their player hand. Player one and then player two have an opportunity to discard one card into a pond region where it is displayed and available to the players. Then in a nesting stage, player one and then player two can add additional cards from the deck in an attempt to reach twenty one without going over, can add a card from the pond region into their hand once at least one card has been taken from the deck into their player hand, and can split their hand into multiple nests when duplicate cards are present in their player hand.

1 . A card game for play by two individuals, comprising the steps of:
 a) preparing a card deck comprising a plurality of cards, the plurality of cards are distributed between a plurality of card groups, each of the card groups is associated with a card value from a range of one to ten, each card group contains a number of cards equal to either a first quantity or a second quantity, with the number of cards of at least one card group being equal to the first quantity, and the number of cards of at least one card group being equal to the second quantity;   b) designating one of the individuals as player one and the other of the individuals as player two;   c) creating a player one hand and a player two hand by dealing three cards each to player one and player two;   d) choosing by player one to selectively relinquish and display one of the cards in the player one hand into a pond region between player one and player two;   e) choosing by player two to selectively relinquish and display one of the cards in the player two hand into said pond region;   f) determining by player one to perform one of:
 (1) standing with the existing player one hand, and then skipping to step (i), and 
 (2) drawing one of the cards from the deck into the player one hand; 
   g) determining by player one to perform one of:
 (1) standing with the existing player one hand and then skipping to step (i), 
 (2) drawing one of the cards from the deck into the player one hand, and 
 (3) moving one of the cards from the pond region into the player one hand; 
   h) repeating step (g);   i) determining by player two to perform one of:
 (1) standing with the existing player two hand and then skipping to step (l), and 
 (2) drawing one of the cards from the deck into the player two hand; 
   j) determining by player one to perform one of:
 (1) standing with the existing player two hand and then skipping to step (l), 
 (2) drawing one of the cards from the deck into the player two hand, and 
 (3) moving one of the cards from the pond region into the player two hand; 
   k) repeating step (j); and   l) determining a winner by the player that has the greatest total card value in said player hand without exceeding twenty-one.   
     
     
         2 . The card game as recited in  claim 1 , further using a token; wherein the step of designating one of the individuals as player one and the other of the individuals as player two further comprises placing the token to be adjacent to player one; and wherein the step of determining a winner further comprises moving the token adjacent to the player that is determined to be the winner. 
     
     
         3 . The card game as recited in  claim 2 , wherein step (g) is preceded by the step of choosing by player one to selectively split the player one hand into two nests when doubles of one of the cards is present in the player one hand; and wherein step (i) is preceded by the step of choosing by player two to selectively split the player two hand into two nests when doubles of one of the cards is present in the player one hand. 
     
     
         4 . The card game as recited in  claim 3 , wherein the plurality of card groups comprises one card group for each of the card values from the range of one to ten, the number of cards within the card groups associated with the card values of one through five is equal to the first quantity, the number of cards within the card groups associated with the card values of six through nine is equal to the second quantity, and the number of cards within the card group associated with the card value of ten is equal to a third quantity. 
     
     
         5 . A card game for play by two individuals, comprising the steps of:
 a) preparing a card deck comprising a plurality of cards, the plurality of cards are distributed between a plurality of card groups, each of the card groups is associated with a card value from a range of one to ten, each card group contains a number of cards equal to either a first quantity or a second quantity, with the number of cards of at least one card group being equal to the first quantity, and the number of cards of at least one card group being equal to the second quantity;   b) designating one of the individuals as player one and the other of the individuals as player two;   c) creating a player one hand and a player two hand by dealing three cards each to player one and player two;   d) choosing by player one to selectively relinquish and display one of the cards in the player one hand into a pond region between player one and player two;   e) choosing by player two to selectively relinquish and display one of the cards in the player two hand into said pond region;   f) choosing by player one to selectively split two cards with the same card value in the player one hand into two separate nests;   g) determining by player one to perform one of:
 (1) standing with the existing player one hand, and then skipping to step (j), and 
 (2) drawing an additional card from the deck into one of:
 the player one hand, and 
 one of the nests in the player one hand; 
 
   h) determining by player one to perform one of:
 (1) standing with the existing player one hand and then skipping to step (i), 
 (2) drawing one of the cards from the deck into the player one hand, and 
 (3) moving one of the cards from the pond region into one of:
 the player one hand, 
 one of the nests in the player one hand, 
 
   i) repeating step (h);   j) choosing by player two to split two cards with the same card value in the player two hand into two separate nests;   k) determining by player two to perform one of:
 (1) standing with the existing player two hand, and then skipping to step (n), and 
 (2) drawing an additional card from the deck into one of:
 the player two hand, and 
 one of the nests in the player two hand; 
 
   l) determining by player two to perform one of:
 (1) standing with the existing player two hand and then skipping to step (n), 
 (2) drawing one of the cards from the deck into the player two hand, and 
 (3) moving one of the cards from the pond region into one of:
 the player two hand, 
 
   m) repeating step (l); and   n) determining a winner by the player that has the greatest total card value in one of the nests of said player hand without exceeding twenty-one.   
     
     
         6 . The card game as recited in  claim 5 , wherein the plurality of card groups comprises one card group for each of the card values from the range of one to ten, the number of cards within the card groups associated with the card values of one through five is equal to the first quantity, the number of cards within the card groups associated with the card values of six through nine is equal to the second quantity, and the number of cards within the card group associated with the card value of ten is equal to a third quantity. 
     
     
         7 . The card game as recited in  claim 6 , further using a token; wherein the step of designating one of the individuals as player one and the other of the individuals as player two further comprises placing the token to be adjacent to player one; and wherein the step of determining a winner further comprises moving the token adjacent to the player that is determined to be the winner. 
     
     
         8 . A card game for play by two individuals, comprising the steps of:
 a) preparing a card deck comprising a plurality of cards, the plurality of cards are distributed between a plurality of card groups, each of the card groups is associated with a card value from a range of one to ten, each card group contains a number of cards equal to either a first quantity or a second quantity, with the number of cards of at least one card group being equal to the first quantity, and the number of cards of at least one card group being equal to the second quantity;   b) designating one of the individuals as player one and the other of the individuals as player two;   c) creating a player one hand and a player two hand by dealing three cards each to player one and player two;   d) choosing by player one and then player two to selectively relinquish and display one of the cards in the player one hand into a pond region between player one and player two;   e) drawing cards by player one and then player two into the player hand of said player to attempt to reach a total card value of twenty-one without going over, wherein said cards are drawn from the card deck but may instead be taken from the pond region by the player when at least one card has already been drawn by the player from the deck; and   f) determining a winner by the player that has the greatest total card value in said player hand without exceeding twenty-one.   
     
     
         9 . The card game as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the step of drawing cards by player one and then player two further comprises splitting doubles of the same card in the player hand of one of the players into nests, and wherein the step of determining a winner further comprises determining a winner by the player that has the greatest total card value in one of the nests of said player hand without exceeding twenty-one. 
     
     
         10 . The card game as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the plurality of card groups comprises one card group for each of the card values from the range of one to ten, the number of cards within the card groups associated with the card values of one through five is equal to the first quantity, the number of cards within the card groups associated with the card values of six through nine is equal to the second quantity, and the number of cards within the card group associated with the card value of ten is equal to a third quantity.