Apparatus for and method of playing twenty-one
First Claim
1. A method of playing a card game comprising the steps of:
- (a) dealing a plurality of playing cards constituting an initially dealt player'"'"'s hand;
(b) determining whether additional cards are to be dealt and added to the player'"'"'s hand, wherein additional cards are not to be dealt in excess of a predetermined additional card limit;
(c) dealing additional cards based on the determination made in said determining step (b); and
(d) providing a winning payout based on a value of all the playing cards in the player'"'"'s hand relative to a predetermined value.
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Abstract
An apparatus for and method of playing the game of twenty-one (or any other predetermined point value) is provided. In a preferred embodiment, a dealer and at least one player are each dealt an initial series of cards (e.g., two in number, three in number, etc.), creating a player'"'"'s hand and a dealer'"'"'s hand. A player may elect to draw additional cards up to a predetermined player'"'"'s limit (e.g., limit of drawing only one additional card) until the player'"'"'s hand has a total point value (TPV) no greater than a predetermined object value limit (e.g., 21). In accordance with another preferred embodiment of the invention, at least one player is dealt an initial series of cards (e.g., two in number, three in number, etc.), creating a player'"'"'s hand. A player may elect to hold or replace cards in the initial series up to a predetermined player'"'"'s limit (e.g., limit of replacing all initially dealt cards). The cards that the player has elected to replace are discarded and new cards drawn in their place. Subsequently, the total point value of the cards in the remaining hand is determined for the player'"'"'s hand.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of playing a card game comprising the steps of:
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(a) dealing a plurality of playing cards constituting an initially dealt player'"'"'s hand;
(b) determining whether additional cards are to be dealt and added to the player'"'"'s hand, wherein additional cards are not to be dealt in excess of a predetermined additional card limit;
(c) dealing additional cards based on the determination made in said determining step (b); and
(d) providing a winning payout based on a value of all the playing cards in the player'"'"'s hand relative to a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of playing a card game comprising the steps of:
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(a) dealing a plurality of playing cards constituting an initially dealt player'"'"'s hand;
(b) determining whether any cards are to be withdrawn from the initially dealt player'"'"'s hand;
(c) dealing additional cards based on the determination made in said determining step (b) to be included in the player'"'"'s hand; and
(d) providing a winning payout based on a value of all the playing cards in the player'"'"'s hand relative to a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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