CARD GAME WITH AUCTION FUNCTION
First Claim
1. A method of playing a card game by a plurality of players competing for a jackpot contributed by the players, the method comprising the steps of:
- performing an auction phase, the auction phase comprising the steps of(a) revealing a face value of an auction card;
(b) auctioning the auction card; and
(c) (i) eliminating the auction card when none of the players makes a bid for the auction card,(ii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a sole bid and requiring the player to pay the amount of the sole bid into the jackpot, or(iii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a winning bid among a plurality of bids and requiring the player to pay the amount of the winning bid to a player having a second-most preferred bid.
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Abstract
A method of playing a card game by a number of players competing for a jackpot contributed by the players includes performing an auction phase. The auction phase includes the steps of revealing a face value of an auction card; auctioning the auction card; and (i) eliminating the auction card when none of the players makes a bid for the auction card, (ii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a sole bid and requiring the player to pay the amount of the sole bid into the jackpot, or (iii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a winning bid among a plurality of bids and requiring the player to pay the amount of the winning bid to a player having a second-most preferred bid. The step of auctioning the auction card includes a bidding period that is timed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of playing a card game by a plurality of players competing for a jackpot contributed by the players, the method comprising the steps of:
performing an auction phase, the auction phase comprising the steps of (a) revealing a face value of an auction card; (b) auctioning the auction card; and (c) (i) eliminating the auction card when none of the players makes a bid for the auction card, (ii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a sole bid and requiring the player to pay the amount of the sole bid into the jackpot, or (iii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a winning bid among a plurality of bids and requiring the player to pay the amount of the winning bid to a player having a second-most preferred bid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of playing a card game, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) dealing a plurality of cards to a plurality of players; (b) anteing up into a jackpot by each of the plurality of players to make a first wager; (c) auctioning a pre-determined number of auction cards in sequence; (d) (i) eliminating a respective one of the auction cards when none of the players makes a bid for the auction card, (ii) awarding respective one of the auction cards to a player who makes a sole bid and requiring the player to pay the amount of the sole bid into the jackpot, or (iii) awarding respective one of the auction cards to a player who makes a winning bid among a plurality of bids and requiring the player to pay the amount of the winning bid to a player having a second-most preferred bid. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of playing a card game, the card game comprising a plurality of players competing for a jackpot contributed by the players, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) auctioning a card to the players; and (b) (i) eliminating a respective one of the auction cards when none of the players makes a bid for the auction card, (ii) awarding respective one of the auction cards to a player who makes a sole bid and requiring the player to pay the amount of the sole bid into the jackpot, or (iii) awarding respective one of the auction cards to a player who makes a winning bid among a plurality of bids and requiring the player to pay the amount of the winning bid to a player having a second-most preferred bid. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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