Poker tournament method
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1. A card game tournament method, comprising:
- providing players for the tournament;
dividing the players into first groups, members of each of said first groups playing individual card games of a desired type of card game with each other and declaring winners and losers, each of said first groups having a total number comprising a multiplicity of player members;
eliminating a player from one or more of said first groups if declared a loser leaving a new total number of players;
discontinuing the individual card games when the total number of players of said first groups declines to a selected number greater than two due to losers of said individual card games dropping out of the tournament, the selected number also being a product of two;
dividing remaining players of the first groups into second groups for playing individual card games of the same desired type of card game between player members of each of said second groups, each of said second groups consisting of solely a pair of player members;
recommencing the individual card games of the same desired type of card game with the player members of each of said second groups playing the individual card games with each other;
eliminating a player from one or more of said second groups if declared a loser leaving a new total number of players;
terminating the tournament games when there is at least one winner of the individual card games.
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Abstract
A poker tournament commences with first groups of several or more players playing poker games at different tables. The players are initially provided with a certain number of game chips for use in the games. When players lose their chips, they drop out of the tournament games. When the total number of players remaining in the games declines to a specific number (which is an exponential product of the number two), they are matched up into pairs each playing in individual one-on-one games. The winners of the individual games are rematched with other winners into pairs and this rematching successively continues until one player has won all of the chips in the tournament.
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1. A card game tournament method, comprising:
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providing players for the tournament; dividing the players into first groups, members of each of said first groups playing individual card games of a desired type of card game with each other and declaring winners and losers, each of said first groups having a total number comprising a multiplicity of player members; eliminating a player from one or more of said first groups if declared a loser leaving a new total number of players; discontinuing the individual card games when the total number of players of said first groups declines to a selected number greater than two due to losers of said individual card games dropping out of the tournament, the selected number also being a product of two; dividing remaining players of the first groups into second groups for playing individual card games of the same desired type of card game between player members of each of said second groups, each of said second groups consisting of solely a pair of player members; recommencing the individual card games of the same desired type of card game with the player members of each of said second groups playing the individual card games with each other; eliminating a player from one or more of said second groups if declared a loser leaving a new total number of players; terminating the tournament games when there is at least one winner of the individual card games. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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