Card game and method of playing

Abstract

In a card game played with a deck of conventional playing cards, the face value of each card in each player's hand is added up. When the sum of the cards in each player's hand is more than one digit, the leading digit is removed to leave a single digit (e.g.; 13 is changed to 3, 20 is changed to 0, 25 to 5, and 18 to 8). In one implementation, the player with the single-digit value now closest to 8, without going over 8, is the winner.

1 . A method of playing a card game, the method comprising:
 dealing cards from a conventional deck of cards to a plurality of card players;   adding up the face value of each card in each player's hand; and   when the sum of the cards in each player's hand is more than one digit, the leading digit is removed to leave a single digit, wherein the card player having a resultant single-digit value now closest to 8, without going over 8, is the winner of the card game.   
   
   
       2 . The method as defined in  claim 1 , wherein each card player plays against all other players. 
   
   
       3 . The method as defined in  claim 1 , wherein each card player plays against another said card player who is a dealer performing said dealing cards from the conventional deck of cards to the plurality of card players. 
   
   
       4 . The method as defined in  claim 3 , wherein:
 if the value of the dealer's cards is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 9, the dealer receives a third card; and   if the value of the dealer's cards is 5, 6, 7 or 8, the dealer does not receives a third card stays.