Poker-style card game
First Claim
1. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards comprising:
- a) dealing an initial hand of three cards to a player;
b) arranging a collection of community cards comprising eight cards from the deck in a predetermined pattern of distinct groups of two cards each in which a first group has two cards face down, a second group has one card face up and one card face down, a third group has one card face up and one card face down and a fourth group which has two cards face up;
c) the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first group, the second group, the third group or the fourth group to comprise the player'"'"'s hand;
d) exposing all of the cards which were face down; and
e) examining the player'"'"'s completed hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof.
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Abstract
In one version of the present invention, the dealer deals three cards to each player. The dealer then deals eight cards as the community cards which are arranged in groups of two each on the gaming table layout. The card layout is in the format of a directional compass with two cards each at the North position, East position, South position and West position, respectively. At the North position, both cards are face down. At the East and West positions, one card is face down and one card is face up. At the South position, both cards are face up. Each player determines which one of the four two-card groups the player wishes to use to comprise his five card. The player identifies this selection by moving his wager to the corresponding compass location on the player'"'"'s betting spot on the gaming table layout in front of the player. The dealer turns up the remaining community cards and the dealer determines the best hand each player has made according to poker hand rankings. All winning hands will be paid according to the odds listed in the pay table. When the progressive jackpot bonus payout is used, the dealer examines the eight cards of the community cards to determine if one of the predetermined card arrangements has occurred. Any winning payouts from the progressive bonus jackpot are distributed to the players at the table. Other versions of the invention use different community card arrangements and different numbers of community cards.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards comprising:
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a) dealing an initial hand of three cards to a player; b) arranging a collection of community cards comprising eight cards from the deck in a predetermined pattern of distinct groups of two cards each in which a first group has two cards face down, a second group has one card face up and one card face down, a third group has one card face up and one card face down and a fourth group which has two cards face up; c) the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first group, the second group, the third group or the fourth group to comprise the player'"'"'s hand; d) exposing all of the cards which were face down; and e) examining the player'"'"'s completed hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards comprising:
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a) a player making a wager to participate in the game; b) dealing an initial hand of three cards to a player; c) arranging a collection of community cards comprising eight cards from the deck in a predetermined pattern of distinct groups of two cards each in which a first group has two cards face up, a second group has one card face up and one card face down, a third group has one card face up and one card face down and a fourth group which has two cards face up; d) the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first group, the second group, the third group or the fourth group to comprise the player'"'"'s hand; e) exposing all of the cards which were face down; f) examining the player'"'"'s completed hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof; and g) paying the player a preestablished amount based on the poker hand ranking achieved by the player'"'"'s completed hand. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards comprising:
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a) dealing an initial hand of two cards to a player; b) arranging a collection of community cards comprising twelve cards from the deck in a predetermined pattern of distinct groups of three cards each in which a first group has three cards face down, a second group has one card face up and two cards face down, a third group has two cards face up and one card face down and a fourth group which has three cards face up; c) the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first group, the second group, the third group or the fourth group to comprise the player'"'"'s hand; d) exposing all of the cards which were face down; and e) examining the player'"'"'s completed hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards comprising:
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a) a player making a wager to participate in the game; b) dealing an initial hand of two cards to a player; c) arranging a collection of community cards comprising twelve cards from the deck in a predetermined pattern of distinct groups of three cards each in which a first group has three cards face down, a second group has one card face up and two cards face down, a third group has two cards face up and one card face down and a fourth group which has three cards face up; d) the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first group, the second group, the third group or the fourth group to comprise the player'"'"'s hand; e) exposing all of the cards which were face down; f) examining the player'"'"'s completed hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof; and g) paying the player a preestablished amount based on the poker hand ranking achieved by the player'"'"'s completed hand. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards comprising:
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a) arranging a collection of community cards comprising twenty cards from the deck in a predetermined pattern of distinct groups of five cards each in which a first group has five cards face down, a second group has one card face up and four cards face down, a third group has two cards face up and three cards face down and a fourth group which has three cards face up and two cards face down; b) the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first group, the second group, the third group or the fourth group to comprise the player'"'"'s hand; c) exposing all of the cards which were face down; and d) examining the player'"'"'s completed hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof.
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24. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards comprising:
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a) a player making a wager to participate in the game; b) arranging a collection of community cards comprising twenty cards from the deck in a predetermined pattern of distinct groups of five cards each in which a first group has five cards face down, a second group has one card face up and four cards face down, a third group has two cards face up and three cards face down and a fourth group which has three cards face up and two cards face down; c) the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first group, the second group, the third group or the fourth group to the player'"'"'s hand; d) exposing all of the cards which were face down; and e) examining the player'"'"'s completed hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof; and f) paying the player a preestablished amount based on the poker hand ranking achieved by the player'"'"'s completed hand.
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25. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards comprising:
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a) arranging a collection of community cards comprising fifteen cards from the deck in a predetermined pattern of distinct groups of five cards each in which a first group has five cards face down, a second group has two cards face up and three cards face down and a third group which has three cards face up and two cards face down; b) the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first group, the second group or the third group to comprise the player'"'"'s hand; c) exposing all of the cards which were face down; and d) examining the player'"'"'s selected hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof.
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26. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards comprising:
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a) a player making a wager to participate in the game; b) arranging a collection of community cards comprising fifteen cards from the deck in a predetermined pattern of distinct groups of five cards each in which a first group has five cards face down, a second group has two cards face up and three cards face down and a third group which has three cards face up and two cards face down; c) the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first group, the second group or the third group to comprise the player'"'"'s hand; d) exposing all of the cards which were face down; and e) examining the player'"'"'s completed hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof; and f) paying the player a preestablished amount based on the poker hand ranking achieved by the player'"'"'s completed hand.
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27. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards comprising:
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a) dealing an initial hand of three cards to a player; b) arranging a collection of community cards comprising nine cards from the deck in a predetermined pattern of one three card group and three two card groups in which a first group has three cards face down, a second group has one card face up and one card face down, a third group has one card face up and one card face down and a fourth group has two cards face up; c) the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first group, the second group, the third group or the fourth group to comprise the player'"'"'s hand; d) if the player selects the first group, the player discarding one of his initial cards; e) exposing all of the cards which were face down; and f) examining the player'"'"'s completed hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof.
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28. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards comprising:
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a) a player making a wager to participate in the game; b) dealing an initial hand of three cards to a player; c) arranging a collection of community cards comprising nine cards from the deck in a predetermined pattern of one three card group and three two card groups in which a first group has three cards face down, a second group has one card face up and one card face down, a third group has one card face up and one card face down and a fourth group has two cards face up; d) the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first group, the second group, the third group or the fourth group to comprise the player'"'"'s hand; e) if the player selects the first group, the player discarding one of his initial cards; f) exposing all of the cards which were face down; g) examining the player'"'"'s completed hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof; and h) paying the player a preestablished amount based on the poker hand ranking achieved by the player'"'"'s completed hand.
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29. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards comprising:
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a) dealing an initial hand of two cards to a player; b) arranging a collection of community cards comprising twelve cards from the deck in a three-by-four matrix of card groups in which a first row has three cards face down, a second row has one card face up and two cards face down, a third row has two cards face up and one card face down and a fourth row which has three cards face up; and
a first column has one card face up and three card face down, a second column has two cards face up and two cards face down and a third column has three cards face up and one card face down;c) if the player decides not to discard any of his original two cards, the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first row, the second row, the third row or the fourth row to comprise the player'"'"'s hand; d) if the player decides to discard one of his original two cards, the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first column, the second column or the third column to comprise the player'"'"'s hand; e) exposing all of the cards which were face down; and f) examining the player'"'"'s completed hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof.
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30. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards comprising:
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a) a player making a wager to participate in the game; b) dealing an initial hand of three cards to a player; c) arranging a collection of community cards comprising twelve cards from the deck in a three-by-four matrix of card groups in which a first row has three cards face down, a second row has one card face up and two cards face down, a third row has two cards face up and one card face down and a fourth row which has three cards face up; and
a first column has one card face up and three cards face down, a second column has two cards face up and two cards face down and a third column has three cards face up and one card face down;d) if the player decides not to discard any of his original two cards, the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first row, the second row, the third row or the fourth row to comprise the player'"'"'s hand; e) if the player decides to discard one of his original two cards, the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first column, the second column and the third column to comprise the player'"'"'s hand; f) exposing all of the cards which were face down; g) examining the player'"'"'s completed hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof; and h) paying the player a preestablished amount based on the poker hand ranking achieved by the player'"'"'s completed hand.
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31. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards comprising:
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a) dealing an initial hand of two cards to a player; b) arranging a collection of community cards comprising nine cards from the deck in a three-by-three matrix of three card groups in which a first row has one card face up and two cards face down, a second row has two cards face up and one card face down and a third row which has two cards face up and one card face down; and
a first column has three cards face up, a second column has two cards face up and one card face down and a third column has three cards face down;c) the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first row, the second row, the third row, the first column, the second column or the third column to comprise the player'"'"'s hand; d) exposing all of the cards which were face down; and e) examining the player'"'"'s completed hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof.
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32. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards comprising:
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a) a player making a wager to participate in the game; b) dealing an initial hand of two cards to a player; c) arranging a collection of community cards comprising nine cards from the deck in a three-by-three matrix of three card groups in which a first row has one card face up and two cards face down, a second row has two cards face up and one card face down and a third row which has two cards face up and one card face down; and
a first column has three cards face up, a second column has two cards face up and one card face down and a third column has three cards face down;d) the player selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first row, the second row, the third row, the first column, the second column or the third column to comprise the player'"'"'s hand; e) exposing all of the cards which were face down; f) examining the player'"'"'s completed hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof; and g) paying the player a preestablished amount based on the poker hand ranking achieved by the player'"'"'s completed hand.
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33. A method of playing a poker-style game using a standard deck of playing cards in which multiple bettors may wager on the outcome of the game comprising:
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a) at least one bettor making a wager to participate in the game; b) dealing an initial hand of three cards designated as a player hand; c) arranging a collection of community cards comprising eight cards from the deck in a predetermined pattern of distinct groups of two cards each in which a first group has two cards face up, a second group has one card face up and one card face down, a third group has one card face up and one card face down and a fourth group which has two cards face up; d) the bettor selecting, prior to exposing any face down cards, one of the first group, the second group, the third group or the fourth group to comprise the player'"'"'s hand to be used by that bettor; e) exposing all of the cards which were face down; f) examining the player'"'"'s completed hand to determine a poker hand ranking thereof; and g) paying the bettor a preestablished amount based on the poker hand ranking achieved by the player'"'"'s completed hand.
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