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 and 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 Player'"'"'s Poker Bet wager wins, loses or ties, if any;
(j) settling each Player'"'"'s Poker Bet wager against the Banker, wherein a Player'"'"'s Specified Pair Or Better Bet wager wins and is paid Even Money, namely 1 to 1, if the Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand is a 8-high hand, the specified pair, any pair that ranks higher than the specified pair, Two Pair, 3 of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, 5 of a Kind or Royal Flush; and
the Player'"'"'s wager loses if the Players best 5-card poker hand is not one of the aforesaid winning hands.
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Abstract
The invention is a six-card-stud poker game. A Player who is not a Banker may play Poker Bet playing against a Banker'"'"'s hand, and/or one or up to seven side bets betting on the contents of the Player'"'"'s own hand. From their six dealt cards, every Player and the Banker each then selects and keeps his best 5-card poker hand and discards one card. A Player'"'"'s Poker Bet wager wins if the Player is dealt a hand of six-card 8 high or six-card Straight Flush, or if the Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand ranks the same as or higher than the Banker'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand. A Player'"'"'s side-bet wager wins a Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand is one of 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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17 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 and 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 Player'"'"'s Poker Bet wager wins, loses or ties, if any; (j) settling each Player'"'"'s Poker Bet wager against the Banker, wherein a Player'"'"'s Specified Pair Or Better Bet wager wins and is paid Even Money, namely 1 to 1, if the Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand is a 8-high hand, the specified pair, any pair that ranks higher than the specified pair, Two Pair, 3 of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, 5 of a Kind or Royal Flush; and
the Player'"'"'s wager loses if the Players best 5-card poker hand is not one of the aforesaid winning hands. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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