2nd chance poker method

• US 4,743,022 A
• Filed: 03/06/1986
• Issued: 05/10/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bally Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bally Manufacturing Corporation 8600 West BRYN MAWR
• Inventors: Wood, Michael W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lastova, Maryann
• Application Number:
  US06/837,041
• Time in Patent Office: 796 Days
• Field of Search: 273/85 G, 273/85 GP, 273/292, 273/149 R, 273/149 P, 273/38 A
• US Class Current: 463/13
• 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 2001/008 adapted for being playable on a screen

Abstract

An improved method of playing a casino-type poker game which can be played as either a table game or computer video game is disclosed wherein a player, by making an additional wager, can draw a sixth card so as to make the best poker hand from the six cards, provided the sixth card could possibly result in the player'"'"'s obtaining a straight or better; and further, wherein the amount of the payback on the second wager varies depending upon the first five cards.

Claims

1. A method of playing a casino-type draw poker game using a computer and video screen wherein five card hands are ranked from low to high in order of high card, pair, two-pair, three-of-a-kind, straight, flush, full house, four-of-a-kind and straight flush, which comprises the steps of:

(a) a player registering a first wager with said computer;

(b) said computer randomly generating and displaying five cards from a pool comprising elements corresponding to a standard 52 playing card deck, said five cards forming a first hand;

(c) said player directing said computer to discard up to five cards from said first hand;

(d) said computer randomly generating and displaying a replacement card, from a balance of cards in said pool, for each card discarded from said first hand, said replacement cards and undiscarded cards from said first hand forming a second hand;

(e) said computer comparing a rank of said second hand to an odds chart to determine if said player has lost or won an amount based on said first wager;

(f) said computer offering said player an opportunity to register a second wager if there is a possibility of a third hand having a rank of straight or higher, said third hand being the highest ranking five card hand which can be made using said second hand and a sixth card randomly generated from a balance of cards in said pool;

(g) if a possibility of said third hand having a rank of straight or higher exists, said player electing to terminate said game or to register said second wager with said computer;

(h) if said player registers said second wager, said computer randomly generating said sixth card from a balance of cards in said pool; and

(i) said computer comparing a rank of said third hand to said odds chart to determine if said player has lost or won an amount based on said second wager.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said election to make a second wager is offered only if said sixth card would also create the possibility of said third hand having a rank higher than said second hand.

3. A method according to claim 2, wherein said odds chart is varied depending on the rank of said second hand.

4. A method of playing a casino-type draw poker game wherein five card hands are ranked from low to high in order of high card, pair, two-pair, three-of-a-kind, straight, flush, full house, four-of-a-kind and straight flush, which comprises the steps of:

(a) a player placing a first wager on a playing table;

(b) said player being dealt five random cards from a pool comprising a standard 52 playing card deck, said five cards forming a first hand;

(c) said player choosing to discard up to five cards from said first hand;

(d) said player being randomly dealt a replacement card from a balance of cards in said pool, for each card discarded from said first hand, said replacement cards and undiscarded cards from said first hand forming a second hand;

(e) comparing a rank of said second hand to an odds chart to determine if said player has lost or won an amount based on said first wager;

(f) said player being offered an opportunity to place a second wager if there is a possibility of a third hand having a rank of straight or higher, said third hand being the highest ranking five card hand which can be made using said second hand and a sixth card randomly dealt from a balance of cards in said pool;

(g) if a possibility of said third hand having a rank of straight or higher exists, said player electing to terminate said game or to place said second wager on said playing table;

(h) if said player places said second wager, said player being randomly dealt said sixth card from a balance of cards in said pool; and

(i) comparing a rank of said third hand to said odds chart to determine if said player has lost or won an amount based on said second wager.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein said election to make a second wager is offered only if said sixth card would also create the possibility of said third hand having a rank higher than said second hand.

6. A method according to claim 5, wherein said odds chart is varied depending on the rank of said second hand.