Poker game with spoken ranks
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1. A method to play a poker type wagering game between a plurality of players, the method comprising:
- placing a wager into a pot by all players;
providing deck(s) of playing cards and dealing only one hand being a current hand using the cards;
selecting a current player;
viewing the current hand by a current player but not by any other players;
declaring to other players a poker hand rank based on the current hand by the current player by truthtelling or lying about the hand rank; and
allowing a next player to choose one of these three available options;
1) fold,
2) challenge,
3) to assume the current hand in which the next player views the current hand and tries to improve the current hand;
wherein the dealing comprises dealing a switch card to each of the plurality of players, and when the next player tries to improve the current hand the next player replaces a card chosen by the next player in the current hand with the next player'"'"'s switch card.
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Abstract
A card game that can be used for wagering purposes. A series of successive poker hands can be formed around a table, and upon formation of each hand a current player declares a rank of the hand which is better than a rank of a former hand. The other players at the table have the option to fold, challenge, or accept the hand in order to make an even better hand. If a current player is challenged and the declared hand by the current player was truthful, then the current player wins the pot.
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1. A method to play a poker type wagering game between a plurality of players, the method comprising:
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placing a wager into a pot by all players; providing deck(s) of playing cards and dealing only one hand being a current hand using the cards; selecting a current player; viewing the current hand by a current player but not by any other players; declaring to other players a poker hand rank based on the current hand by the current player by truthtelling or lying about the hand rank; and allowing a next player to choose one of these three available options;
1) fold,
2) challenge,
3) to assume the current hand in which the next player views the current hand and tries to improve the current hand;
wherein the dealing comprises dealing a switch card to each of the plurality of players, and when the next player tries to improve the current hand the next player replaces a card chosen by the next player in the current hand with the next player'"'"'s switch card. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
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13. A method to play a poker type wagering game between a first player, a second player, and a third player, the method comprising:
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anteing an ante amount into a pot, by the first player, the second player, and the third player; dealing an initial hand to the first player allowing only the first player to view the initial hand; declaring an initial hand poker rank by the first player to all other players; offering the second player an option to fold, accept, or challenge; accepting by the second player and wagering an accept wager by the second player, allowing only the second player to view the initial hand; replacing, by the second player, selected cards in the initial hand to form a second hand; declaring a second hand poker rank by the second player to all other players; offering the third player the option to fold, accept, or challenge; challenging by the third player and wagering a challenge amount by the third player; offering the first player the option to fold, accept, or challenge; challenging by the first player and wagering a second challenge amount by the first player; revealing the second hand to all players; if the declared second hand poker rank is equal to an accurate poker rank of the second hand, then the second player wins the pot and the challenge amount and the second challenge amount.
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15. A method to play a poker type wagering game between a plurality of players, the method comprising:
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placing a wager into a pot by the current player; dealing a hand to a current player from a deck of cards and allowing only the current player to view the hand; declaring, by the current player, a declared hand to all other players by either telling a truth or lying about a hand rank by verbally declaring the hand rank of the hand; and offering a next player to choose one of the three options;
1) fold,
2) if the next player challenged, then joining the next player'"'"'s challenge,
3) assume the hand,wherein if the next player decides to challenge, then offering a successive player to the next player the option to fold, challenge, or to assume the hand, wherein if all players aside from the current player have challenged, if the declared hand was truthful, then the current player wins the pot. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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