U.S. patent application number 11/085861 was filed with the patent office on 2006-06-15 for card game.
Invention is credited to Richard S. Weiss.
Application Number | 20060125178 11/085861 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 36582900 |
Filed Date | 2006-06-15 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060125178 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Weiss; Richard S. |
June 15, 2006 |
Card game
Abstract
A method of playing blackjack using a conventional playing card
deck of fifty-two cards having four suits of thirteen cards each
with number values from one to ten comprising dealing face down two
cards to each player and the dealer, allowing one player the option
of swapping cards with the face value unseen with the dealer and
thereafter playing a conventional blackjack game.
Inventors: |
Weiss; Richard S.;
(Swampscott, MA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, PC;FEDERAL RESERVE PLAZA
600 ATLANTIC AVENUE
BOSTON
MA
02210-2206
US
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Family ID: |
36582900 |
Appl. No.: |
11/085861 |
Filed: |
March 22, 2005 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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60634477 |
Dec 9, 2004 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
273/292 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63F 2001/003 20130101;
A63F 1/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
273/292 |
International
Class: |
A63F 1/00 20060101
A63F001/00 |
Claims
1. A blackjack card game using a conventional deck of fifty-two
cards of four suits from an Ace to a King, comprising dealing a
pair of cards to each player and to a dealer, with the cards face
value down and not showing, allowing one player to swap both cards
with the dealer before any card value is seen, and thereafter
playing a conventional game of blackjack
2. A table for playing blackjack comprising a table surface and at
least one rotatable platform pivotally supported on the table with
diametrically opposite locations for playing cards.
3. A blackjack card game using a conventional deck of playing cards
having four suits from an Ace to a King comprising dealing a pair
of cards to each player and to a dealer, allowing one player to
exchange cards with the dealer and wagering on the outcome of the
game before or after the face value of cards are examined by the
players.
4. A blackjack card game as set forth in claim 3 wherein the cards
are dealt with face values down for all cards except one of the
dealers cards.
5. A blackjack card game as set forth in claim 4 wherein one card
is dealt face down and the other face up to each player and wherein
the one player elects to exchange or not exchange cards with the
dealer before looking at the one player's face down card.
6. A blackjack card game as set forth in claim 5 wherein the player
electing to exchange cards with the dealer pays a premium over a
wager made by the one player.
7. A blackjack card game as set forth in claim 6 wherein the
premium paid is a percentage of the wager made by the one
player.
8. A blackjack game as set forth in claim 7 wherein a premium is
paid by the one player irrespective of whether the one player wins
that particular game.
Description
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn.
119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/634,477,
entitled "Card Game," filed on Dec. 9, 2004, which is herein
incorporated by reference in its entirety.
SUBJECT MATTER OF INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a card game and, in
particular, a method of playing a game of blackjack. It also
relates to a novel physical facility for playing the game.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0003] The game of blackjack generally involves a dealer and a
number of players, each of whom, individually, plays against the
dealer. The game involves the use of at least one conventional deck
of cards having four suits (clubs, spades, hearts and diamonds),
with the thirteen cards in each suit extending from an Ace to a
King. The Ace has a numerical value of one or eleven, while each of
the picture cards has a numerical value of ten. In a conventional
game, each player and the dealer is dealt two cards. Bets are made
before any card is dealt. In the initial deal, all cards except one
of the dealer's cards are dealt face down. In a conventional game,
the dealer plays each of the players in sequence, ordinarily
starting with the player to his left. Each player has an option of
drawing one or more cards from the unused deck. The object of the
game is for each player to have a total higher count of the card
values than the dealer, but not over twenty-one. If a player asks
for a card which places the players total number of card values
over twenty-one, that player loses and forfeits any money that may
have been bet to the dealer. There are, in addition, a number of
subsidiary betting rules and rules relating to initial draws that
total twenty-one, as well as rules relating to procedures known as
splitting in which a player dealt identical cards may play each one
of them separately. In blackjack games conventionally played in
casinos, additional rules include, for example, the use of more
than one deck in any given game and requirements that are imposed
on the dealer to draw if his total is sixteen or less and not draw
if his total is seventeen or more. In addition, in casino or
professional games, there are conventions as to whether or not the
players cards are initially dealt face-up or face-down. Obviously
once the player commences to play against the dealer, the player's
cards are all turned face-up. The conventional procedure of dealing
the hands in which one of the cards of the dealer is turned face-up
provides bidding information to the players to determine whether or
not there is a likelihood of prevailing. In conventional blackjack
games, all picture cards have a face value of ten, while the
numbered cards have the face value of their number, from the Ace
which is one to the ten card. Additionally, the Ace card in
conventional blackjack may alternately have a value of eleven.
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[0004] The present invention provides an improved and alternate
game of blackjack which introduces an added element of chance
available to the players.
[0005] In the present invention, there is provided an alternate
method of playing the game of blackjack which introduces an added
element of chance at the option of the player. The object of the
present invention, therefore, is intended to provide a blackjack
game in which at least one player has an added option in playing
the game, which option provides a further element of chance and
excitement to the player.
[0006] A further object of the present invention is to provide an
alternate method of playing blackjack in which the relevant odds of
each of the players is substantially the same, while nonetheless
providing an added element of surprise, risk and choice to a
particular player.
[0007] One further object of the present invention is to provide a
physical facility for enhancing the ultimate embodiment of the game
in which the actual handling of the cards by the player is
facilitated.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0008] The foregoing objects and advantages of the present
invention will be more clearly understood when considered in
conjunction with the accompanying drawing in which:
[0009] FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic or a plan view of a blackjack
table embodying the present invention and designed for playing
blackjack with a dealer and up to six players.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0010] The present invention relates to a method of playing a
blackjack card game. In the present invention, there is a dealer
and one or more players. The number of players may vary, but
conventionally from four to about six in addition to the dealer
will play in a game. The players sit on one side 14 of a table 10,
facing the dealer on the other side 12. The table is arrayed with
"lazy Susan" turn tables 16 for each player. The turn tables 16 are
each supported by a suitable pivot 17 on the table and are capable
of rotating 360 degrees in either direction. Each of the turntables
is provided with two locations for the cards. Initially, location
20 is positioned on the side of the table adjacent to the players
while location 22 is closest to the dealer. When the dealer deals
the card, the dealer will deal two cards down to each player and
two cards down to himself, with the cards dealt to the players
being placed on location 20. The dealer will place his two down
cards on location 20 of the same carousel of the player who is
identified by location 26. A button 26 identifies a player that
will have the swap advantage. This button 26 will ordinarily be
moved sequentially after each game to the next adjacent player with
the button preferably placed in front of the first player in the
first game and then switched to the second, third, fourth, and each
successive player in each successive game. After the cards are
dealt, and before anyone including both players and the dealer look
at any cards, the player having the button 26 in front of him may
elect to swap both cards for both cards of the dealer. He may
signal this by rotating his table until the location of spot 20 on
which his--have been placed are moved to spot 22--a location is now
closest to the dealer and spot 20 is now closest to the player.
Once that election is made, the blackjack game proceeds as an
ordinary blackjack game. In this sequence, each player in sequence
plays against the dealer, after the dealer has turned over one of
the two cards dealt to him. The card turned over is ordinarily the
second card dealt. Ordinarily bets are placed before any cards are
dealt.
[0011] The blackjack game proceeds in the usual fashion with the
first player drawing cards from the top of the unused deck until
the first player either has cards that total more than twenty-one
points or, alternately, when the first player decides to hold with
a card value of up to twenty-one. The game then proceeds
sequentially to each of the remaining players. If any player has
drawn more than twenty-one points, the player automatically loses
and whatever bet made prior to the deal is forfeited to the dealer.
After all players have drawn whatever cards they want, the dealer
then turns over his second or hole card. If the dealer, as is the
case in casino blackjack, has seventeen points or more, as for
example a King and a seven, the dealer stands firm and will pay
anyone else with an eighteen through twenty-one. In the
conventional blackjack, if a player has the same number as the
dealer, it is a draw for that particular player. If the player has
less than the total points in the dealer's hand, the dealer wins.
If the dealer is required to draw a card or cards because his total
is 16 or under and the drawn cards make the total exceed 21, and
the player has himself not exceeded a 21 point total, the player
wins.
[0012] After the first game, successive games may be played with
the button moved to successive players, each of whom has the option
of swapping cards with the dealer before any cards are turned
over.
[0013] Other variations of the invention are contemplated within
the broad scope of this invention. For example, the invention
contemplates a game in which a dealer and player exchange hands,
after the hands are initially dealt, but before any of the players
examine their cards. As noted above and as is conventional in these
games, the players' cards are all dealt face down, while one of the
dealer's cards is dealt face up and the other face down. In this
variation, the players have the same option of exchanging hands
with the dealer. However, in this instance, the player having the
option to exchange hands has the added information of seeing one of
the cards of the dealer as he does, traditionally, in conventional
blackjack. This gives the player with the option additional
information that will impact his decision as to whether or not the
player should exchange hands. In this variation, the player
exercising the option to exchange hands with the dealer will pay a
premium for this option. For example, if the advantage works out to
be a 20% advantage to the player, then the casino may charge a
premium on the player's wager. Thus, if the player wagers $20 to
win $20 as is usual in blackjack hands of this type and assuming
the additional information has a calculated 20% advantage, the
player would either bet $25 to $30, depending upon the specific
calculation of the casino, for the privilege of this extra choice.
If a player wants to bet $20, he would have to place a $25 bet, of
which $5 would be immediately taken by the casino. If the player
loses, the remaining $20 will be taken by the casino. If the player
wins, the player will recover his remaining $20, plus the $20 paid
for winning if the payoff is 100% of the bet.
[0014] The percentages set forth above are exemplifications.
However, it is contemplated that the actual percentages will be
mathematically calculated based on conventional laws of
probability. A still further variant of the game contemplates the
playing cards be dealt with each player and the dealer having one
face-up card. In this variation, the bets are made and the option
of swapping cards with the dealer are made before the players and
the dealer turns over their hole cards.
[0015] These further embodiments provide additional gaming activity
for players which allow players to use additional gambling skills
in determining whether or not to achieve further interest in the
game.
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