Methods, systems, and apparatus for playing poker, blackjack and baccarat

• US 10,269,206 B2
• Filed: 04/04/2018
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ahmnon D. Moskowitz
• Original Assignee: Ahmnon D. Moskowitz
• Inventors: Moskowitz, Ahmnon D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Laneau, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US15/945,561
• Publication Number:
  US 20180225916A1
• Time in Patent Office: 384 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3209 Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3213 Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/323 wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3246 involving coins and/or banknotes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3262 Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3276 wherein the players compete, e.g. tournament
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

Methods, systems and apparatuses of and for playing electronic or electro-mechanical wager gaming devices, including a player interface, of and for playing a poker and “video poker” type game based at least in part upon card-deck games such as but not limited to poker. The methods, systems and apparatuses include a plurality of configurations with multiple rule sets to facilitate the inducement and build game player excitement.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of playing multi-zone poker on an electronic gaming device, the method comprising:

providing an electronic gaming device having a central processing unit and a controller, wherein the central processing unit receives a wager input value, wherein the controller controls an electronic game of poker, wherein the electronic game of poker includes a communal card selection area, community cards randomly selected, and at least two player zones, wherein the at least two zones are each capable of receiving card values; and

initiating the game via the processor on the electronic gaming device, the game comprising the steps of;

a) selecting the value of each initial player cards “

S”

in each of the at least two zones from a plurality of revealed cards;

b) presenting community cards in the communal card selection area via a processor;

c) dealing community cards using the electronic gaming device, and combining the community cards with the initial player hand “

S”

until at least a player has at least a poker hand; and

d) determining via a processor which of the at least two player zones has the winning poker hand.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

e) providing a payout to the player having the winning hand, wherein the payout is variable and is based upon the number of players.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a poker hand consists of five cards.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the player zones is a computer operated gaming zone.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one player competes against a computerized player.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least two player zones includes three player zones, four player zones, five player zones, six player zones, seven player zones or eight player zones.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial player cards consists of one card or two cards.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the game is a multiplayer game.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one player preselects at least one card for the player zone.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the game is played on an electronic table or a standard gaming table having an electronic display and a smart system with sensors in order to detect cards, wherein the cards are real physical cards.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein each initial player is dealt at least a card prior to a determination of community cards.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is implemented in a casino.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the game is a multiplayer game where the players compete against other players.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the cards are presented as a single assembly with each card capable of being added to each zone.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising recognizing physical cards via a smart recognition sensor.

16. An electronic casino gaming device for playing a casino game with numerical objective using blackjack cards, the device comprising:

a central processing unit and controller programmed to control a numerical objective game, wherein the central processing unit receives a wager input value, wherein the numerical objective game includes a communal card selection area, community cards randomly selected, and at least two player zones each capable of receiving card values,

wherein the electronic casino gaming device initiates the game via the processor on the electronic gaming device, the game comprising the steps of;

a) selecting the value of each initial player cards “

S”

in each of the at least two zones;

b) presenting community cards in the communal card selection area via a processor;

c) dealing community cards using the electronic gaming device, and combining the community cards with the initial player cards “

S”

until at least a zone reaches or surpasses the numerical objective; and

d) determining via a processor if a player has a winning zone.

17. The electronic casino gaming device of claim 16, wherein the cards are presented as a single assembly with each card capable of being added to each zone.

18. The electronic casino gaming device of claim 17, further comprising a sensor employing smart recognition technology as so the cards can be detected, wherein the cards are real physical cards.

19. The electronic casino gaming device of claim 16, wherein each of the player zones receives an initial player card.

20. The electronic casino gaming device of claim 16, wherein the initial player card consists of a zero or card value below the numerical objective.

21. The electronic casino gaming device of claim 16, wherein the game is a multiplayer game.

22. The electronic casino gaming device of claim 16, wherein the game is played on an electronic table or a standard gaming table having an electronic display.

23. The electronic casino gaming device of claim 16, wherein the game is a multiplayer game where the players compete against other players.

24. The game according to 16 wherein each player zone has the same starting hand that is above zero.

25. A gaming system for playing poker with multiple zones, the system comprising:

a controller programmed to control a game in which a player selects one or more starting poker cards “

S”

from plurality of face up cards with an objective of achieving an optimal poker hand against an opponent'"'"'s hand, and a processor receives a wager input value,

wherein the player places the one or more starting poker cards in a player zone,

wherein the processor generates and presents community cards in a community card zone,

wherein the poker game is played with at least a card from the community card zone,

wherein the player that first selects at least a face up card from a card selection area where the cards are revealed transfers the value to the player zone associated with the player,

wherein the community cards are combined with each zone to make an optimal poker hand,

wherein the processor determines which of the zones has the winning poker hand, and

wherein a payout is provided to the player having the most winning hands of poker.

26. The gaming system of claim 25, wherein each player has at least two player zones and the processor determines which player has at least two winning zones.

27. The gaming system of claim 25, wherein the one or more starting poker cards in a player zone is either one or two cards.

28. The gaming system of claim 25, wherein the game is a multiplayer game where the players compete against other players.

29. A computer-implemented method of a multiplayer blackjack game, the method comprising:

providing an electronic gaming device having a central processing unit and a controller, wherein the central processing unit receives a wager input value, wherein the controller controls an electronic game of blackjack, wherein the electronic game of blackjack includes a communal card area, at least one randomly selected communal card, and at least two participating zones, wherein the at least two participating zones are capable of receiving cards; and

initiating the game via the processor on the electronic gaming device, the game comprising the steps of;

a) presenting an initial set of cards to each of the at least two participating zones;

b) making a determination based on a player input whether to receive a communal card for the at least two participating zones;

c) applying the communal card value to the player zone, wherein the application of a communal card value is evaluated on a zone-by-zone basis;

wherein the communal card or additional communal cards are applied to the participating zones as defined by rules of the game of blackjack;

wherein the individual zone values are defined by applied communal card values in addition to values of the initial set of cards;

wherein the individual zone values are used to determine the win-lose outcome of the individual zones.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the initial set of the cards is the same in each of the zones and above zero.

31. The method of claim 29, further comprising recognizing physical cards via a smart recognition sensor.

32. The method of claim 29, wherein the rules of blackjack involves ceasing dealing cards if at least one of zones has a 18, 19, 20 or 21 value.