Abstract: A method for playing a casino card having playing cards ranked in a conventional manner wherein deuces, or two's, are the lowest ranked playing cards, aces are the highest ranked playing cards, and eights are trump is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: providing a standard playing deck of 52 cards, adding at least one additional playing card having a value of eight to the deck, beginning a hand of play for a game, shuffling the deck, each player makes a prediction as to whether a dealt playing card n will be a HI or LO card, a dealer deals the card n, and if the card n is an eight of any suit, all the players lose the game and the game is finished.