Card game
First Claim
1. A method of playing a card game among a plurality of Players and a Banker, each Player wagering against the Banker. The method comprising the following steps:
- (a) providing and shuffling at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards plus at least one Joker;
(b) each Player placing at least one wager of Poker Bet, Specified Pair Or Better Bet, Two Pair Or Better Bet, 3 Of A Kind Or Better Bet, Straight Or Better Bet, Flush Or Better Bet, Full House Or Better Bet and Bonus Bet;
(c) dealing cards into enough dealt hands of six cards to provide a dealt hand for each Player and for the Banker;
(d) determining which dealt hand is assigned to each Player and which dealt hand is assigned to the Banker;
(e) from their own six-card dealt hand, each Player and the Banker each selecting and keeping his or her best 5-card poker hand and discarding one other card;
(f) determining whether each Player'"'"'s side-bet wager or wagers win or lose, if any;
(g) settling any side-bet wagers of each Player against the Banker, (h) comparing each Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand to the Banker'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand according to the rankings selected for the Poker Bet game, wherein hands are ranked in descending order as follows;
Royal Flush, 5 of a Kind, Straight Flush, 4 of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, 3 of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair and High Card;
wherein Ace is the highest High Card, following by King, Queen, Jack, Ten, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2;
wherein A2345 is the lowest Straight and that when it is suited, A2345 is the lowest Straight Flush;
(i) determining whether each Playere'"'"'s Poker Bet wager wins, loses or ties, if any;
(j) settling each Player'"'"'s Poker Bet wager against the Banker.
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Abstract
The invention is a six-card-stud poker game, played with at least one but preferably one standard poker deck of 52 cards plus at least one but preferably two Jokers. Two or more but preferably seven players may participate in the game; one of the players is the Banker whom other players play against, a Player who is not a Banker may play Poker Bet playing against the Banker'"'"'s hand, and/or one to seven side bets betting on the contents of the Player'"'"'s own hand. After at least one wager is placed, each Player and the Banker are each dealt six cards; the Players and the Banker each then selects and keeps his best 5-card poker hand from his six cards and discards one card. To win a Poker Bet wager, a Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand must rank higher than the Banker'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand. To wins a side-bet wager, a Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand must be one of the predetermined winning hands of the type of the side bet he bets on. The Poker Bet wager and seven side-bet wagers are eight independent wagers and are settled separately.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of playing a card game among a plurality of Players and a Banker, each Player wagering against the Banker. The method comprising the following steps:
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(a) providing and shuffling at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards plus at least one Joker;
(b) each Player placing at least one wager of Poker Bet, Specified Pair Or Better Bet, Two Pair Or Better Bet, 3 Of A Kind Or Better Bet, Straight Or Better Bet, Flush Or Better Bet, Full House Or Better Bet and Bonus Bet;
(c) dealing cards into enough dealt hands of six cards to provide a dealt hand for each Player and for the Banker;
(d) determining which dealt hand is assigned to each Player and which dealt hand is assigned to the Banker;
(e) from their own six-card dealt hand, each Player and the Banker each selecting and keeping his or her best 5-card poker hand and discarding one other card;
(f) determining whether each Player'"'"'s side-bet wager or wagers win or lose, if any;
(g) settling any side-bet wagers of each Player against the Banker, (h) comparing each Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand to the Banker'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand according to the rankings selected for the Poker Bet game, wherein hands are ranked in descending order as follows;
Royal Flush, 5 of a Kind, Straight Flush, 4 of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, 3 of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair and High Card;
wherein Ace is the highest High Card, following by King, Queen, Jack, Ten, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2;
wherein A2345 is the lowest Straight and that when it is suited, A2345 is the lowest Straight Flush;
(i) determining whether each Playere'"'"'s Poker Bet wager wins, loses or ties, if any;
(j) settling each Player'"'"'s Poker Bet wager against the Banker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of playing a card game among a plurality of Players and a Banker, each Player wagering against the Banker. The method comprising the following steps:
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(a) providing and shuffling at least one standard poker deck of 52, wherein either all Twos, all Threes, all Fours, all Fives, all Sixes, all Sevens, all Eights, all Nines, all Tens, all Jacks, all Queens, all Kings, or all Aces are Wild Cards;
(b) each Player placing at least one wager of Poker Bet, Specified Pair Or Better Bet, Two Pair Or Better Bet, 3 Of A Kind Or Better Bet, Straight Or Better Bet, Flush Or Better Bet, Full House Or Better Bet and Bonus Bet;
(c) dealing cards into enough dealt hands of six cards to provide a dealt hand for each Player and for the Banker;
(d) determining which dealt hand is assigned to each Player and which dealt hand is assigned to the Banker;
(e) from their own six-card dealt hand, each Player and the Banker each selecting and keeping his or her best 5-card poker hand and discarding one other card;
(f) determining whether each Player'"'"'s side-bet wager or wagers win or lose, if any;
(g) settling any side-bet wagers of each Player against the Banker;
comparing each Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand to the Banker'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand according to the rankings selected for the Poker Bet game, wherein hands are ranked in descending order as follows;
Royal Flush, 5 of a Kind, Straight Flush, 4 of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, 3 of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair and High Card;
wherein Ace is the highest High Card, following by King, Queen, Jack, Ten, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2;
wherein A2345 is the lowest Straight and that when it is suited, A2345 is the lowest Straight Flush;
(h) determining whether each Players Poker Bet wager wins, loses or ties, if any;
(i) settling each Player'"'"'s Poker Bet wager against the Banker. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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