Series of playing card games based on the prediction of a player hand exceeding a numerical value of 21

Abstract

The Backhand Series is a collection of card counting games derived from the classic game of blackjack, but wholly novel and uniquely based on the concept of allowing a player to predict if/when the next card in the deck when added to their initial player hand comprising of two cards dealt to the player face up from a standard deck of playing cards with the jokers removed, will cause their initial hand value to exceed a total hand value of 21. The Series is comprised of three individual card games with the following names: “Backhand, the card game;”“Buffalo Bayou Backhand” and “Missouri City Backhand.”

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62 / 535,593 filed on Jul. 21, 2017, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62 / 544,837 filed on Aug. 13, 2017 and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62 / 544,849 filed on Aug. 13, 2017 and the disclosure of which is in part incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The genesis of this invention was my desire to improve my skills at playing the classic game of blackjack, which has now led me to this moment. We all know very well classic blackjack as well as its almost innumerable variations, and at the outset, my only desire was to learn all of classic blackjack's rules, strategies, etc. But this was not to be. And what has resulted from my attempt to perfect a strategy for the classic game of blackjack is a series of three playing card games wholly unique in objective, rules set, and game mechanics. Collectively, the thr...

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[0015]Another critical difference is how the ace is valued. In classic blackjack, the ace is valued at 1 or 11 for both the dealer and the player. But in this invention, the ace is valued depending on what it is being used to calculate. In Backhand, the card game, the ace is valued at only 1 and is either an “initial player ace” or a “player ace.” The initial player ace is an ace that is one of the first two cards dealt to the player referred to as the initial player hand (prior to the Ace Rule being satisfied). If this occurs, the Ace Rule requires that this ace be discarded and replaced with the next card in the deck. If that card is also an ace, then said ace is referred to as a player ace. Both types of aces in Backhand the card game are valued at 1. But in Buffalo Bayou Backhand, there is also a “dealer ace.” This is an ace that is any

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But if the player calls backhand and the next card doesn't bust the player's hand the player will lose.

If this ‘spacing’ is not adhered to, game play can be negatively im

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