METHODS OF PLAYING CARD GAMES

摘要

Methods of playing card games include the steps of (a) affording each player an opportunity to place an ANTE wager to participate in the game, (b) affording each player an opportunity to make an optional EXTRA BET wager; (c) dealing seven cards to each player and to a dealer; (d) affording each player an opportunity to view their cards an d to divide their cards into a two-card High Hand and a five-card Low Hand according to predetermine d rules for dividing cards; (e) affording each player an opportunity to either fold and forfeit their ANTE wager, or call by making a BET wager exactly twice the amount of the ANTE wager; (f) dividing tho dealer's hand into a two-card High Hand and a five-card Low Han d according to the predetermined rules for dividing cards; (g) evaluating whether the dealer's High Hand qualifies by achieving a predetermined poker rank of a pair of 6s or better; and (h) settling wagers by (1) if the dealer's High Hand does not qualify, refunding the ANTE and BET wagers to each remaining player and paying each remaining player who opted to make the EXTRA BET wager an amount determined by a predetermined pay table based on a point value of the player's Low Hand; (2) if the dealer's High Hand does qualify, comparing eac h remaining player's High Hand with the dealer's High Hand using poker rank as the criterion for comparison and comparing each remaining player's Low Hand with the dealer's Low Hand using point value as the criterion for comparison, and settling the ANTE, BET, and EXTRA BET wagers based upon the results of the comparisons of the player's hands and the dealer's hands and predetermined pay tables based on the point value of khe prayer's Low Hand.< /SDOAB>