Casino card game

• US 6,371,484 B1
• Filed: 05/25/2000
• Issued: 04/16/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yuan, Tsuan
• Original Assignee: Yuan, Tsuan
• Inventors: Yuan, Tsuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Pierce, William M.
• Application Number:
  US09/580,356
• Time in Patent Office: 691 Days
• Field of Search: 273/274, 273/292, 273/309
• US Class Current: 273/292
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00157 Casino or betting games horse races A63F3/00082

Abstract

A casino card game between a casino and at least one player using at least one deck of fifty-two cards begins with the player placing a wager on either a first hand or a second hand. A dealer deals three cards to a first hand and three cards to a second hand. If either hand has a predetermined three-card combination, optionally a three of a kind, the first hand is compared to the second hand. The winning hand is the hand with the higher ranking three-card combination. If both hands have three-card combinations of equal rank, a push is declared and the player'"'"'s wagers are returned. If neither hand has the predetermined three-card combination, the hands are into a two-card component hand and a single-card component hand. The component hands are compared. A push occurs when the first two-card hand is equal in rank to the second two-card hand and the first single-card hand is equal in rank to the second single-card hand or if one component hand of the first hand outranks the corresponding component hand of the second hand and the other component hand of the second hand outranks the corresponding component hand of the first hand. Otherwise, the winning hand is the hand with one component hand outranking the corresponding component hand of the other hand and the remaining component hand outranking or tying the corresponding component hand of the other hand. Players wagering on the winning hand are rewarded.

Claims

1. A method for playing a casino card game for at least one player, the game method using at least one deck of fifty-two cards, comprising:

the player placing a wager on either a first hand or a second hand;

a dealer dealing three cards to a first hand and three cards to a second hand;

examining the first hand and the second hand;

if either hand has a predetermined three-card combination, comparing the first hand to the second hand and declaring the winning hand to be the hand having the higher ranking three-card combination, otherwise declaring a push if the first and second hands have three-card combinations of equal rank;

if neither hand has the predetermined three-card combination, arranging each hand into a two-card component hand and a single-card component hand;

comparing the first two-card hand to the second two-card hand and the first single-card hand to the second single-card hand;

declaring a push and returning each player'"'"'s wager if the first two-card hand is equal in rank to the second two-card hand and the first single-card hand is equal in rank to the second single-card hand or if one component hand of the first hand outranks the corresponding component hand of the second hand and the remaining component hand of the second hand outranks the corresponding component hand of the first hand;

otherwise, declaring the winning hand to be the hand having a component hand outranking the corresponding component hand of the other hand and a remaining component hand outranking or tying the corresponding hand of the other hand; and

rewarding players wagering on the winning hand and collecting wagers from players wagering on the losing hand.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the predetermined three-card combination is a three of a kind.

3. A method for playing a casino card game for at least one player, the game method using at least one deck of fifty-two cards, comprising:

the player placing a wager on either a first hand or a second hand;

a dealer dealing three cards to a first hand and three cards to a second hand;

examining the first hand and the second hand;

if either hand has three of a kind, comparing the first hand to the second hand and declaring the winning hand to be the hand having the higher ranking three of a kind, otherwise declaring a push if the first and second hands have three of a kinds of equal rank;

if neither hand has three of a kind, arranging each hand into a two-card component hand and a single-card component hand;

comparing the first two-card hand to the second two-card hand and the first single-card hand to the second single-card hand;

declaring a push and returning each player'"'"'s wager if the first two-card hand is equal in rank to the second two-card hand and the first single-card hand is equal in rank to the second single-card hand or if one component hand of the first hand outranks the corresponding component hand of the second hand and the other component hand of the second hand outranks the corresponding component hand of the first hand;

otherwise, declaring the winning hand to be the hand having a component hand outranking the corresponding component hand of the other hand and a remaining component hand outranking or tying the corresponding hand of the other hand; and

rewarding players wagering on the winning hand and collecting wagers from players wagering on the losing hand.

4. A method for playing a casino card game for at least one player, the game method using at least one deck of fifty-two cards, comprising:

the player placing a wager;

a dealer dealing a three-card hand to each player and to the dealer;

examining each player hand;

for every player hand having a predetermined three-card combination, comparing the player hand to the dealer hand and declaring the player hand to be a winning hand unless the dealer hand has a higher ranking three-card combination;

for every player hand lacking the predetermined three-card combination, arranging each player hand and dealer hand into a two-card component hand and a single-card component hand;

for each player, comparing the player'"'"'s two-card hand to the dealer'"'"'s two-card hand and the player'"'"'s single-card hand to the dealer'"'"'s single-card hand;

declaring a push and collecting the player'"'"'s wager if one component hand of the player'"'"'s hand outranks the corresponding component hand of the dealer'"'"'s hand and the remaining component hand of the dealer'"'"'s hand outranks the corresponding component hand of the player'"'"'s hand;

declaring a player'"'"'s hand to be a winning hand if one of the player'"'"'s component hands outranks the corresponding dealer'"'"'s component hand and the remaining player component hand outranks the corresponding dealer component hand; and

rewarding each player having a winning hand and collecting wagers from players not having winning hands.