Team poker game

• US 20060175758A1
• Filed: 02/07/2005
• Published: 08/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oneida Indian Nation
• Original Assignee: Oneida Indian Nation
• Inventors: Riolo, Frank
• Application Number:
  US11/050,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20060175758A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 273/292
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/00 Card games aspects of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions showing representations related to the game A63F13/00; card games played on a gaming machine G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2001/005 Poker

Abstract

A team-poker tournament includes having at least two teams play poker either for a predetermined period of time, a predetermined number of hands, or until the members of one team have no chips remaining. A team captain may call a timeout and implement strategic moves.

Claims

1. A method of playing a poker tournament involving teams with multiple members, comprising:

having the members of each team play hands of poker;

selecting a game-ending criterion;

determining the scores of each team when the game-ending criterion is met; and

declaring a winner with the best determined score.

2. The method of claim 1, further including,

providing chips to the team members before playing the poker hands, and wherein determining the scores includes

determining the number of chips possessed by the team members when the game-ending criterion is met.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the game-ending criterion includes selecting a game end after a predetermined period of time.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein declaring a winner includes identifying as the winner the team whose members have the greatest number of chips.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the game-ending criterion includes selecting a game end after a predetermined number of hands.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein declaring a winner includes identifying as the winner the team whose members have the greatest number of chips.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the game-ending criterion includes selecting a game end when none of the members of a team have any chips.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein declaring a winner includes identifying as the winner a team with members that still have chip when none of the members of another team has chips.

9. The method of claim 1, including allowing each of the teams to call a timeout.

10. The method of claim 1 including allowing the replacement of members of a team for a hand of poker.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the replacement of team members occurs during a timeout.

12. The method of claim 2, including

allowing the cashing out of a member of a team, and

allowing the distribution of the chips of the player cashed out to members of the team.

13. The method of claim 1, including

allowing the request of a new deck.

14. The method of claim 1, including

allowing each team a preset number of timeouts.

15. The method of claim 1, including

allowing each team a preset number of timeouts during a set period of time.

16. The method of claim 1, including

allowing each team a first preset number of timeouts dun ring a first set period of time, and

allowing each team a second preset number of timeouts during a second set period of time.

17. A method of playing a card tournament involving teams with multiple members, comprising:

having the members of each team play hands of a selected card game;

selecting a game-ending criterion;

determining the scores of each team when the game-ending criterion is met; and

declaring a winner with the best determined score.

18. A method of playing a card tournament involving teams with multiple members and multiple games, comprising:

having the members of each team each play a corresponding game;

selecting a game-ending criterion for each game;

determining the scores of each team when each of the game-ending criteria is met; and

declaring a winner with the best determined score.

19. A method of playing a tournament involving teams with multiple members, comprising:

having the members of each team play a selected game;

allowing a captain of each team to control how the members of the corresponding team play the game;

selecting a game-ending criterion;

determining the scores of each team when the game-ending criterion is met; and

declaring a winner with the best determined score.

20. A method of playing a poker tournament online involving teams with multiple members, comprising:

having the members of each team play hands of poker online;

selecting a game-ending criterion;

determining the scores of each team when the game-ending criterion is met; and

declaring a winner with the best determined score.