Abstract: Methods for playing a card game are set forth wherein the dealer and player are dealt cards and the next card from the deck is turned over to define a trump suit. In one method, the values of trump cards are compared to determine winning outcomes and a side wager can be provided which relates to certain pay table trump card combinations. If the player has one of the predetermined trump card combinations, a payoff is provided. In another embodiment, the player and dealer form a trump card hand and a non-trump card hand and the hands are compared to determine winning outcomes. In still a further embodiment the player, prior to the deal, wagers on a selected suit and the cards of the trump and selected suits are compared to determine winning outcomes.

Abstract: A card game for play by at least one player and a dealer is disclosed. Each player enters the game by placing an ante. Each player and the dealer also places a first bet. The dealer selects a player to start the game, and deals a first card to that player. The cards are dealt from a deck comprising two standard decks of fifty-two cards plus eighteen special cards for a total of one-hundred and twenty-two cards. If the first card received by the player is not a special card, the player remains in the game. If the player receives a special card, the player is eliminated from the game and that player's bet is passed to the next player. The dealer then deals a card to the next player, still in the game, the same determination is made as to whether the player is still in the game, and so on in succession until all but one player or the dealer has received a special card.