layout 100 for play of a house banked card game according to an optional embodiment of the present method is illustrated that segments a standard sized blackjack table into five player areas 100 although the number of players is not limited by the number of player areas depicted the layout 100 consists of a wager and play section 110 120 130 140 and 150 for each player and a play section for the dealer 160 according to the optional embodiment illustrated in fig1 b the wager and play section includes ante 110 first bet 120 second bet 130 discard area 140 and the progressive bet 150 in each player segment turning to fig1 b and 2 the game play and dealing of an optional method for the house banked version of the invention game is depicted in a flow chart and operates as follows 1 all bets including ante 110 first bet 120 second bet 130 and progressive bet 150 are placed before cards are dealt 200 3 13 cards are dealt to each gaming device counterclockwise 202 4 dealer deals 20 cards face down into dealer area 160 for dealer hand 204 first bet equaling one times the ante bet 206 fold and surrender ante and progressive bets and take down 1 st and 2 nd bets 208 7 5 card dealt face up in rotation 212 8 u201c x u201d number of cards.