No limit poker game

• US 7,056,208 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2004
• Issued: 06/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitchell Adams Cogert
• Original Assignee: Mitchell Adams Cogert
• Inventors: Cogert, Mitchell Adams
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KIM T
• Application Number:
  US10/777,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20050179206A1
• Time in Patent Office: 844 Days
• Field of Search: 463/13, 463/16, 463/17, 463/20, 463 21- 22, 463/25, 463/12, 273/143.R, 273/292
• US Class Current: 463/13
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/00 Card games aspects of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions showing representations related to the game A63F13/00; card games played on a gaming machine G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2001/005 Poker
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

A poker card game that provides any player the opportunity to fold and get back a percentage of his wager once there is no more betting possible; that is when one or more players are said to have risked all their money or be “all-in”. This safeguard is only available prior to revealing the next to last card or the last card. Any players remaining in a hand must combine their two cards to the five community cards to form their best five card poker hand. The player having the highest five card poke hand is the winter. This game reduces the element of luck and players experiencing “bad beats.”

Claims

1. A poker card game played with conventional playing cards, comprising:

(a) first, dealing two cards face down to one or more players in a hand;

(b) second, conducting a first round of betting after the two cards have been dealt;

wherein one or more players can wager all his money and be an “

all-in”

player;

(c) third, if after the first round of betting there is no more betting possible, then the one or more players in the hand must expose their two face down cards;

(d) fourth, dealing three community cards face up, wherein each community card is usable by the one or more players in the hand to form a five card poker hand;

(e) fifth, if no more betting is possible and all of the two face down cards have been exposed, then any of the one or more players in the hand have a first option to fold his hand and get back 40% of his wager, if more betting is possible, conducting a second round of betting;

(f) sixth, if after the second round of betting there is no more betting possible, then the one or more players in the hand must expose their two face down cards;

(g) seventh, dealing one community card face up;

(h) eighth, if no more betting is possible and all of the two face down cards have been exposed, then any of the one or more players in the hand have a second option to fold his hand and get back 20% of his wager, if more betting is possible, conducting a third round of betting;

(i) ninth, if after the third betting round there is no more betting possible, the one or more players in the hand must expose their two face down cards;

(j) tenth, dealing one community card face up;

(k) eleventh, if more betting is possible, conducting a fourth round of betting;

(l) twelve, the one or more players in the hand expose their two face down cards to determine which player has a winning five card poker hand, wherein each hand comprises the two cards dealt to a player plus the five community cards; and

said step (a) through (l) being conducted sequentially, beginning with step (a) and concluding with step (1).