Yangtze hold 'em and other poker games played with a chinese poker deck

• US 20070018403A1
• Filed: 06/29/2006
• Published: 01/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gamelot, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Gamelot, Inc.
• Inventors: Wong, Jacob
• Granted Patent: US 7,360,763 B2
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2001/0416 with numbers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2001/0425 with dice dots
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00157 Casino or betting games horse races A63F3/00082

Abstract

Games (such as any poker game, whether it be draw poker, stud poker or a community card poker and, more particularly, a Texas hold '"'"'em game or a variant in which players are either initially dealt four cards or the seventh card is dealt face down to individual players) normally played with a traditional deck of cards in accordance with a preselected set of rules for the game are played with a Chinese poker deck of 52 cards and the following additional rules: any player with the right to use a first wild card may designate the first card to be any card contained in the Chinese poker deck but no player may use more than one wild card and any player who can not make a hand because the player has more than one wild card looses the hand to any player who can make a hand. The Chinese poker deck has three different sets of nine cards in three suits (e.g., circles, bamboo and script), each of the nine cards in one of the three suits bearing a different designation representing the numbers 1 through 9, five different sets of four cards bearing a unique designation with a hierarchal ranking (e.g., GD, EW, SW, WW and NW, in descending order of ranking, all of which are higher than a 9 for a single card), and a set of five wild cards (e.g, bearing a unique Feng Shui designation).

Claims

1. A game played with a Chinese poker deck of 52 cards having three different sets of nine cards in three suits of cards, each of said nine cards in one of said three suits of cards bearing a different designation representing the numbers 1 through 9, five different sets of four cards bearing a unique designation with a hierarchal ranking of from 1 to 5 such that the hierarchal ranking of 1 is higher than 2 which is higher than 3 which is higher than 4 which is higher than 5 which is higher than a designation representing the number 9, and a set of five additional cards, each of which has a wild designation, comprising the steps of:

playing a game that is normally played with a traditional deck of cards in accordance with a preselected set of rules for the game with the following exceptions;

any player with the right to use a first card with a wild designation in accordance with the preselected set of rules may designate the first card to be any card contained in the Chinese poker deck; and

no player may use more than one card with a wild designation in accordance with the preselected set of rules to make any hand according to the preselected set of rules; and

any player who can not make a hand according to the preselected set of rules because said player has more than one card with a wild designation looses the hand to any player who can make a hand according to the preselected set of rules.

2. The game according to claim 1, wherein the game is a poker game.

3. The game according to claim 2, wherein the game is a draw poker game.

4. The game according to claim 2, wherein the game is a stud poker game.

5. The game according to claim 2, wherein the game is a community card poker game.

6. The game according to claim 5, wherein the game is a Texas hold '"'"'em game.

7. The game according to claim 2, wherein an additional exception to the preselected set of rules is that a hand with five of a kind is not recognized and said hand looses to a hand with a straight flush.

8. The game according to claim 1, wherein the unique designation associated with a hierarchal ranking of 1 is a Green Dragon, the unique designation associated with a hierarchal ranking of 2 is an East Wind, the unique designation associated with a hierarchal ranking of 3 is a South Wind, the unique designation associated with a hierarchal ranking of 4 is a West Wind, and the unique designation associated with a hierarchal ranking of 5 is a North Wind.

9. The game according to claim 8, wherein each of the set of five additional cards bears a unique Feng Shui parameter designation.

10. The game according to claim 9, wherein the first suit is a circle designation, the second suit is a bamboo designation and the third suit is a script designation.

11. A poker game played with a Chinese poker deck of 52 cards having three

different sets of nine cards in three suits of cards, each of said nine cards in one of said three suits of cards bearing a different designation representing the numbers 1 through 9, five different sets of four cards bearing a designation associated with the number 10, each of the five different sets of four cards bearing a unique designation with a hierarchal ranking of from 1 to 5 such that the hierarchal ranking of 1 is higher than 2 which is higher than 3 which is higher than 4 which is higher than 5 which is higher than a designation representing the number 9, and a set of five additional cards, each of which has a wild designation, comprising the steps of:

(a) dealing two cards face down to each player;

(b) conducting a round of betting after the two cards have been dealt;

(c) dealing three community cards face up, wherein each community card is usable by any player to form a five card poker hand;

(d) conducting another round of betting after the third community card has been dealt;

(e) dealing one community card face up;

(f) conducting another round of betting after said one community card has been dealt;

(g) dealing a final card;

(h) conducting a further round of betting; and

(i) determining which player has the winning five card poker hand;

wherein any player with the right to use a first card with a wild designation may designate the first card to be any card contained in the Chinese poker deck but no player may use more than one card with a wild designation and any player who can not make a hand because said player has more than one card with a wild designation looses the hand to any player who can make a hand.

12. The poker game according to claim 11, wherein the final card is dealt face up as a fifth community card.

13. The poker game according to claim 11, wherein the final card is dealt face down to each player and each hand comprises three cards dealt to a player plus the four community cards;

said steps (a) through (i) being conducted sequentially, beginning with steps (a) and concluding with step (i).

14. The poker game according to claim 11, wherein four cards are dealt face down to each player in step (a) and the winning hand in step (i) must include three community cards and two cards dealt to a winning player.

15. The poker game according to claim 11, wherein an additional exception to the preselected set of rules is that a hand with five of a kind is not recognized and said hand looses to a hand with a straight flush.

16. A poker game of YANGTZE HOLD '"'"'EM played with a Chinese poker deck, comprising:

playing a game of Texas Hold '"'"'Em according to a preselected set of rules for Texas Hold '"'"'Em with the Chinese poker deck and an additional rule that any player with the right to use a first card with a wild designation may designate the first card to be any card contained in the Chinese poker deck but no player may use more than one card with a wild designation and any player who can not make a hand because said player has more than one card with a wild designation looses the hand to any player who can make a hand;

wherein the Chinese poker deck is comprised of;

a first set of nine number cards, each of which bears a different designation representing the numbers 1 through 9 and a first suit designation;

a second set of nine number cards, each of which bears a different designation representing the numbers 1 through 9 and a second suit designation;

a third set of nine number cards, each of which bears a different designation representing the numbers 1 through 9 and a third suit designation;

a set of four East wind cards, each of which (“

E”

) bears an East Wind designation;

a set of four South wind cards, each of which (“

S”

) bears a South Wind designation;

a set of four West wind cards, each of which (“

W”

) bears a West Wind designation;

a set of four North wind cards, each of which (“

N”

) bears a North Wind designation;

a set of four Green Dragon cards, each of which (“

GD”

) bears a Green Dragon designation; and

a first (“

F1”

), a second (“

F2”

), a third (“

F3”

), a fourth (“

F4”

) and a fifth (“

F5”

) wild designation parameter card;

wherein a hierarchical ranking for cards in the Chinese poker deck, in descending order, is as follows;

GD, E, S, W, N, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1.

17. The poker game of YANGTZE HOLD '"'"'EM according to claim 16, wherein

the first suit designation is a circle designation, the second suit designation is a bamboo designation and the third suit designation is a script designation.

18. The poker game of YANGTZE HOLD '"'"'EM according to claim 17, wherein each of the wild designation parameter cards has a unique feng shui designation.

19. The poker game of YANGTZE HOLD '"'"'EM according to claim 18, wherein the five unique Feng Shui parameter designations represent longevity, luck, wealth, health and fertility.