US20060027967A1

US20060027967A1 - Jokers 21

Info

Publication number: US20060027967A1
Application number: US10/914,591
Authority: US
Inventors: Hui Chen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2004-08-09
Filing date: 2004-08-09
Publication date: 2006-02-09

Abstract

Jokers 21 is a blend card game with the playing method of Casino War and Blackjack (twenty-one) that multiple players engage in taking turns to play their own hand against to dealer's hand. A method of playing Jokers 21 card game comprises a dealer and at least one player. It uses a shoe with six decks or eight decks of standard playing card with jokers (54 cards of each deck). In conjunction with standard rules of both Casino War and Blackjack card game, the jokers serve as a winning card. Any hand with a joker is automatically won. The Jokers 21 also allows players to wager on four different betting choices, One Card bet, One Card Tie bet, Jokers 21 bet, and Jokers 21 Tie bet.

Description

This invention relates to card games, Casino War and Blackjack that is using six or eight decks of standard playing card with two jokers of each deck. The total numbers of card is 324 cards for six decks and 432 cards for eight decks.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

A. Twenty-One (Blackjack) is a card game that players play their own hand to against the dealer's hand. The object of the game is to achieve a highest point, 21. Any total number is over 21 will be consider as bust; player will lose their bet; dealer has to pay the player who still have a valid hand.

- 1. According to standard rule of the traditional Blackjack, one or multi decks of standard playing cards are used and each card, from 2 to 9, counts its face value, except Aces and face cards. Ace has a value of one or eleven. All the face cards are count as ten.
- 2. Each participating player and dealer initially receives two cards. Both players and dealer may draw additional cards (take a hit) in order to improve their hand or stand (not taking additional card) according to house rule. Players may surrender or doubling down before the third card is drew.
- 3. Dealer has to stand on 17 or soft 17 and hit 16 (or soft 17) in some casinos. Dealer has to stand on 17 and hit on 16 or soft 17 in some casinos.
- 4. Players can split pairs (identical numerical cards). Dealer can't split pairs.
- 5. Players can buy the insurance when dealer has an ace as the face up card.
- 6. In Spanish 21, the Blackjack hand and the total numerical number of the card is 21 will get pay immediately.

B. Casino War is a card game that both dealer and player only get one card for their hand.

- 1. Casino War uses multi decks of standard playing card. All the cards are count its face value, Ace is higher than King, King is higher than Queen, Queen is higher than Jack, Jack is higher than 10, and so on.
- 2. The object of Casino War is to get the highest number of the card to bet the dealer's card. When there is a tie hand occur, player can choose to surrender the hand to get half of the original wager back or go to the war with same amount of the original wager.

FIELD OF INVENTION

Jokers 21 is a two in one card game that players will have more choices to place their wager. It provides players the chance to play two games, Blackjack and Casino War at the same time. Jokers 21card game contains most of the rules of traditional Blackjack and some of the method of playing of Casino War.
Based on the method of playing traditional Blackjack, Jokers 21 players have to place their ante bet, initial wager or bet, before any cards are dealt.
In traditional Blackjack card game, cards are dealt from multiple decks of standard 52 playing cards without two jokers. Each card's point value being its face value; the face cards have a point value of 10; Aces have a point value either 1 or 11 as determinate by the hand of the players or dealer. Jokers 21 adapt the same system of the point value in traditional Blackjack card game, and add two jokers in each deck of standard 52 playing cards. The jokers are the winning cards. It has no value, but win.
Players initially receive two cards face-up while dealer receive two cards, one face-up and one face down.
Players are allowing to stand, hit, surrender, buy the insurance, split pairs, and double down, and rescue the double down wager as the rule in Spanish 21 card game.
In some casinos, the house dealer must stand on 17 and hit on soft 17, 16 and soft 16 or less. In some casino the house dealer must stand on 17 and soft 17, and hit on 16 and soft 16 or less. The house dealer must stand on 17, and takes a hit on 16 and soft 17 or less in Jokers 21 card game.
Casino War is a card game that both dealer and players only get dealt one card. The higher card wins. Player will get even money paid or lose the wager.
In Jokers 21, the way of playing One Card Bet is similar as the Casino War. Players can wager on One Card Bet only. Players will get one card only that is dealt from the shoe. Players will either win or lose or push when tie hand occurs. The cards will be lock after dealer paid or took the wager on One Card Bet if players only wager on One Card Bet.
In Casino War, if both dealer and player get same value of cards, it is a tie hand. The player can choose to surrender the hand or place another wager (same amount as the original wager) to receive an additional card to compete with dealer's hand. In Jokers 21, there is no surrender or go to the war on One Card Bet. Players will get pay for tie hand immediately if players wager on one card tie. There is no need to put out additional wager to get another card to compete dealer's hand.
In Casino War, players have two betting choices, the ante bet and tie bet The bonus for tie hand is 10 to 1. In traditional Blackjack card game, player has only one betting spot In Jokers 21 there are four betting spots, One Card bet, One Card Tie bet, Jokers 21 bet, and Jokers 21 Tie bet. Players have more choices.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Jokers 21 is a blend card game with Spanish 21, Blackjack, and Casino War. It provides four different betting choice One Card bet, One Card Tie bet, Jokers 21 bet, and Jokers 21 Tie bet.
The method of playing Jokers 21 using six or eight decks of standard 54 playing cards (with two jokers) comprising players using all the traditional Blackjack rules and strategies, such as, hit, stand, spilt pairs, surrender, and double down, to avoid bust their hand and obtain the highest point value to beat the dealer's hand.
Jokers are the winning cards in Jokers 21 card game. When the joker is appeared, the game is over for the payer who has a joker or for all the players when dealer has a joker as face up card (first card). The players who have the jokers get paid 3 to 1 for their ante and 5 to 1 for the tie bet. Or all the players lost their wager when dealer gets the joker.
The odd for betting the tie hand is 5 to 1 or vary. Players can place the wager on the tie only when they are interest in wagering on the Jokers 21 Bet or One Card Bet.
Players can choose not to take the blackjack payout, instead to wait for the tie hand happen and get pay for tie hand if they have wager on Jokers 21 Tie.
Players can only spilt pairs, such as, twos, threes, fours, fives, sixes, sevens, eights, and nines as many times as they want. Player can split aces only one time and get one card for each ace. Player cannot split tens and other face pair, such as, king, queen, and jack.
When player splits aces, they can get only one card for each ace. They cannot take any additional cards as split other pairs.
If player has wager on the Jokers 21 Tie Bet, the tie bet will go with the first split hand. Player can place the same amount of wager on Jokers 21 Tie Bet to bet the second split, and so on.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For the table layout:
The logo of Jokers 21 is printed on the center of the regular Blackjack table (six to eight players).
Tie bet pays 5 to 1 is printed before the ante (One Card Bet and Jokers 21 Bet) area.
3 to 1 for a Joker is print between the logo and tie bet pays 5 to 1.
House logo is print where the casino desired.
Two main betting spots, Jokers 21 and One Card will be print next to each other. The tie bet will be print on top of each main betting spot.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Jokers 21 is a card game that multiple players engage in taking turns to play their own hand against to dealer's hand. A method of playing Jokers 21 card game comprises a dealer and at least one player, and six decks of standard playing card with jokers (54 cards of each deck) or eight decks of standard playing card with jokers (54 cards of each deck). In conjunction with standard rules for Blackjack card game, the jokers in Jokers 21serve as a winning card.
Both players and house dealer are dealt two cards initially. Both players and house dealer can draw additional cards to improve their hands. The house dealer's hand is comparing to each player's hand. The hand with the highest point (numerical value of the cards) wins the game. The total point, 21, is the higher point a hand can get. Any point is over 21will being considered as a bust hand. A face card or 10 with an ace make a hand called Blackjack. A blackjack hand is higher then 21. Any hand with a joker is automatically won. When players and dealer have the same total point value, it is a tie, no win or lost.
Players have a choice to buy the insurance, surrender their hand without draw any cards, draw cards (hit) or not draw any cards (stand), split any identical numerical value cards, such as, two 9s, two 8s, two 7s, two 6s, two 5s, two 4s, two 3s, and two 2s as many time as they want Players can split a pair of ace only one time and get only one card for each ace. Players can also double down (press more money) any time on any total number of cards with any numerical value the total is not 21 and rescue their double down wager.
In Jokers 21, ace is count as 1 or 11. All the face cards, such as king, queen, and jack, are count as 10. All other cards, from 2 to 10, are count as “pip” value, a number value of the card. The initial two cards are dealt to the player are an ace and a 10 is called Blackjack. After split aces, the hand hits a 10 is called 21.
1. To play the Jokers 21 card game, the participate players have to place a wager, any amount from table minimum to table maximum, in order to receive the initial two cards, face-up, one at a time.

2. Dealer has to deal the cards clockwise and face up one at a time to each player first, then the dealer at the first rotation. The first card is playing One Card Bet. The card has higher numerical number win. For example,

Dealer has a 7 of Diamond as the first card

Player	card	One Card Bet	Jokers 21 Bet	result

1st	club 8	yes	yes	win
2nd	heart Jack	no	yes	N/A
3rd	Joker	no	yes	win
4th	diamond 2	yes	yes	lose
5th	spade 10	yes	yes	win
6th	heart queen	yes	yes	win

The first card stays after dealer pay or takes the bet on One Card Bet and combines the second card that is dealt from the shoe for playing the Jokers 21 Bet.

3. At the second rotation, all the players are dealt the second card face-up; dealer 's second card is dealt face down, which is called hole card. The initial two cards for playing the Jokers 21 is the combining of the 1st and 2nd card. For example,

Dealer has a 7 of Diamond as the first card and

a 10 of Queen (10 and 7) as the second card,

Player	1st card	One Card Bet	Jokers 21 Bet	2nd card	3rd card	result

1^st	club 8	yes	yes	heart 10	N/A	push
2nd	heart Jack	no	yes	spade 10	N/A	win
3rd	Joker	no	yes	N/A	N/A	win
4th	diamond 2	yes	yes	club 9	heart 10	win
					(Double down)
5th	spade 10	yes	yes	club 6 (stand)	N/A	lose
6th	heart queen	yes	yes	Joker	N/A	win

4. Dealer has to pay the player who has a joker 3 to 1 paid right away. Player gets pay either the first card or second card is a joker (do not have to compete with dealer's hand). Joker is the winning card, either player or dealer, has a joker won automatically.
5. Dealer has to take all the losing bets when dealer's face card (first card) is joker. There is no need to deal the second card. All the hands are lost including Blackjack hand when dealer's face down card is joker.
6. Blackjack hand will get pay immediately, unless the player chooses not to get pay immediately; instead player wants to wait for the tie hand occur and get pay for both tie hand and Blackjack hand.
7. Dealer has to offer insurance to all the players when dealer's face up card is an Ace. Players can place any amount of the wager up to one half of their original bet to buy the insurance when dealer's face up card is Ace. If dealer has a blackjack or a joker as a hole card, players lost their ante bet and get 2 to 1 paid for their insurance wager. If dealer does not have a blackjack or a joker, players lose the insurance wager.
8. Player who has a blackjack hand can choose to buy the insurance or not to buy the insurance or get even money paid before dealer check the hole card. If dealer has a face card (jack, queen, or king) or ten as a hole card (which is a blackjack), the blackjack hand gets push and the insurance wager gets paid 2 to 1. If dealer does not have a joker as a hole card, the insurance wagers lost. The blackjack hand gets 3 to 2 paid.
9. Player who has a blackjack hand and wager on both Jokers 21 and Jokers 21 Tie can choose to buy the insurance or not to buy the insurance or get even money paid before dealer check the hole card. If dealer has a face card (jack, queen, or king) or ten as a hole card (which is a blackjack), the blackjack hand gets push and the insurance wager gets paid 2 to 1 and the Jokers 21 tie bet gets 5 to 1 paid. If dealer does not have a joker as a hole card, the insurance wagers lost. The blackjack hand gets 3 to 2 paid. If player chooses to take the even money paid, the tie bet wager lose.
10. Dealer has to pay the winner hand and the tie bet in order from dealer's right side to dealer's left side, anti-clockwise. When players and dealer have the same total point value, it is a tie. When players and dealer have the same numerical value, the ante bet is a push; neither player won nor dealer won. Players can place a minimum wager $1.00 up to their ante (original bet on the One Card or the Jokers 21) on the tie to win the bonus 5 tol.
11. Dealer has to get a clear hand signal from the players to show what is their decision, such as, hit, stand, split, double down, rescue or surrender.
12. Players may take additional cards (hit) until he/she successfully reach the total point 21 or exceed 21 (bust). Player has a bust hand lost the wager.
13. Players may stand any time (not hit) after hit one or more than one card.
14. Player may place additional wager that is not over the total amount of his/her ante (double down) to receive one additional card. Players can double down any time they want regardless the number of cards; double down is not limited in the first two cards. After double down, player can rescue their wager by losing only the ante of his/her hand and get the double down money back.
15. Dealer has to stand on 17 and hit on 16 and soft 17 (ace and 6) or less than 17.

Claims

1. A method of playing Jokers 21 comprising:

(a) Multiple players making an initial wager on One Card Bet or Jokers 21 Bet or both to play against house dealer by using six decks or eight decks of standard playing card with jokers (54 cards of each deck).

(b) Ace is count as 1 or 11. All the face cards, such as king, queen, and jack, are count as 10. All other cards from 2 to 9 are count as “pip” value, a number value of the card. Joker is the Winning Card; it is not the wild card.

(c) Both players and house dealer are dealt two cards initially, one at time. The first card dealt from the shoe is for playing One Card Bet. The second card dealt from the shoe combines with first card to make the two initial cards for playing Jokers 21 Bet

(d) Players who wager on One Card Bet will be dealt only one card, first card.

(e) Both players who wager on Jokers 21 and house dealer will be dealt two cards initially and can draw additional cards to improve their hands.

(f) The house dealer's hand is comparing to each player's hand; the hand with the highest point (numerical value of the cards) wins the game. The hand with Joker is higher than Blackjack and 21.

(g) The total point, 21, is the higher point a hand can get; any point is over 21will being considered as a bust hand.

(h) A face card or 10 with an ace make a hand called Blackjack. A blackjack hand is higher then 21. The joker is the winning card. Any hand with a joker is automatically won.

(i) Dealer's hand has to stand on 17 (hard 17) and draw an additional card on 16 or soft 17 (an ace and 6).

(j) Players have a choice to buy the insurance, surrender their hand without draw any cards, draw cards (hit) or not draw any cards (stand), double down, and rescue their double down wager.

(k) Players can split any identical numerical value cards, such as, two 9s, two 8s, two 7s, two 6s, two 5s, two 4s, two 3s, and two 2s, as many times as they want. Players can split Aces only one time and get one card only. Players cannot split tens and pair of face cards, such as, King, Queen, and Jack.

(l) Players can double down on any total number of cards with any numerical value the total is not 21.

(m) When players and dealer have the same total point value, it is a tie, no win or lost.

(n) Players can place a minimum wager $1.00 up to their ante (original bet on Jokers 21or One Card) on the tie to get 5 to 1 bonus (It cab be vary. It depends on the casino policy or promotion.).

2. The method of claim 1, wherein participate players have to place a wager, any amount from table minimum to table maximum, in order to receive the initial one card or two cards, face-up, one at a time. (First card is playing One Card Bet. The second card combines with first card to play the Jokers 21 Bet.)

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the cards are dealt clockwise and face up one at a time to each player first, then the dealer at the first rotation for playing One Card Bet.

4. The method of claim 1, at the second rotation, all the cards for players are dealt clockwise and face-up; dealer 's card is dealt face down (hole card). The second card combines with first card makes the two initial cards for playing Jokers 21 Bet.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein any hand, player or dealer, has a joker won automatically. Player gets 3 to 1 (it can be vary) paid right away either the first card or second card is a joker (do not have to compete with dealer's hand).

6. The method of claim 1, all the player's hands are lost when dealer's face up card is joker. There is no need to deal the second card. The player who wagers on One Card Bet or Joker 21 Bet or both has a joker, as the first card, will get pay for both 3 to 1 for a Joker Bet and the 5 to 1 for a Tie hand if the player has wager on the Tie Bet

7. The method of claim 1, Blackjack hand gets pay immediately when dealer's face up card is not an ace.

8. The method of claim 1, when dealer has an ace as face up card and a joker as face down card (hole card), all the hands are lost including Blackjack hand (if the player chooses not to take blackjack payout).

9. The method of claim 1, when dealer has an ace as face up card, players who have a blackjack hand can buy the insurance with up to half of their original bet on Jokers 21 Bet If dealer's face down card (hole card) is joker, players who buy the insurance will lose the original bet and get two to one for the insurance bet. If dealer's face down card (hole card) is ten, it is a blackjack, the blackjack hand is a push and the Jokers 21 tie bet (if players wager on the Jokers 21 Tie) will get pay.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein players can place any amount of the wager up to one half of their original bet to buy the insurance when dealer's face up card is Ace. If dealer has a blackjack or a joker as a hole card, players lost their ante bet and get 2 to 1 paid for their insurance wager. If dealer does not have a blackjack or a joker as a hole card, players lose the insurance wager.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein when players and dealer have the same total point value, it is a tie, no win or lose. When players and dealer have the same numerical value, it is a push; neither player won nor dealer won. Players can place a minimum wager $1.00 up to their ante (original bet on One Card Bet or Jokers 21 Bet) on the tie to win the bonus 5 tol.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein player who has a Blackjack hand can choose to take Blackjack payout instead to compare with dealer's hand when dealer's face up card is an Ace. Or, player who has a Blackjack hand can choose to buy the insurance with half of the bet. If dealer has a joker as a hole card, the blackjack hand and all other hands lost; however players will get 2 to 1 paid for their insurance wagers. If dealer does not have a joker as a hole card, the insurance wagers lost. If dealer has a face card or ten as a hole card (which is a blackjack), the blackjack hand gets push and the insurance wager gets paid 2 to 1; all other hands lost and get 2 to 1 paid for the insurance wager.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein players may take additional cards (hit) until he/she successfully reaches the total point 21 or exceeds 21 (bust). Player has a bust hand lost the wager.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the player may stand (not take any additional cards) any time after hit (take additional card) one or more than on card.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein player may place additional wager that is not over the total amount of his/her ante (double down) to receive one additional card. Players can double down any time, not limited in the first two cards. After double down, player can rescue their wager by losing only the ante of his/her hand and get the double down money back.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein dealer has to stand on 17 and hit on 16 and soft 17 (ace and 6) or soft 16 (ace and 5).

17. The method of claim 1, wherein players gets paid even money when dealer busts the hand or has less point value than players.

18. The method of claim 1, the players who wager on One Card Bet will get only one card; the house dealer's hand is comparing to each player's hand; the hand with the highest number (numerical value of the cards) wins the game.

19. The method of claim 1, the players who wager on Jokers 21 will get two cards initially and have the choice to draw additional cards, surrender their hand, split any identical numerical value cards and rescue the double wager; the house dealer's hand is comparing to each player's hand; the hand with the highest point (numerical value of the cards) wins the game.

20. The method of claim 1, the players who wager on both One Card Bet and Jokers 21 will get two cards initially, one at a time. The first card dealt from the dealer plays the One Card Bet is part of the cards for playing Jokers 21. Dealer will not lock the card after paid or took the wager on the One Card Bet in order for players to play the Jokers 21.

21. The method of claim 1, in order playing the Tie, the players have to make at least one wager, One Card Bet or Jokers 21 Bet,

22. The method of claim 1, when dealer and player both get a joker as the first card, it is a tie. Player will get pay for the Joker and tie hand if player has wager on the tie bet.

23. The method of claim 1, when player has a joker as first card and wagers on both One Card Bet and Jokers 21Bet, the player will get pay (3 to 1) for both One Card Bet and Jokers 21Bet.

24. The method of claim 1, 3 to 1 for a Joker only apply to the initial first card and second card. When player takes a hit (additional card), and it is a joker, the hand wins even money only immediately.