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, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing and shuffling at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards plus at least one Joker, wherein the Joker may be used as an Ace or to complete a Straight or Flush;
(b) placing either a Poker Bet wager or Pair Of Aces Or Better Bet wager, or both;
(c) placing an optional Bonus Bet wager;
(d) dealing cards, seven cards dealt either at one time or proportionally, into enough dealt hands of seven cards to provide a dealt hand for each Player and for the Banker;
(e) determining which dealt hand is assigned to each Player and which dealt hand is assigned to the Banker;
(f) from their own seven-card dealt hand, each Player and the Banker selecting and keeping their own best 5-card poker hand and discarding two other cards;
(g) determining whether each Player'"'"'s Pair Of Aces Or Better Bet wager wins or loses, if any;
(h) settling each Player'"'"'s Pair Of Aces Or Better wager against the Banker;
(i) determining whether each Player'"'"'s Poker Bet wager wins, loses or ties, if any;
wherein each Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand is compared to the Banker'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand according to the rankings wherein hands are ranked in descending order as follows;
5 Aces, Royal Flush, 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 second highest Straight and that it is suited, A2345 is the second highest Straight Flush;
(j) settling each Player'"'"'s Poker Bet wager against the Banker;
(k) determining whether each Player'"'"'s Bonus Bet wager wins, loses, or ties, if any; and
(l) settling each Player'"'"'s Bonus Bet wager against the Banker.
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Abstract
This invention is mainly a 7-card stud poker game, played with at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards, plus at least one Joker. After a player places a Poker wager and/or a Pair Of Aces Or Better wager, the player then has the option to place a Bonus wager, against a banker. Each said wager automatically wins if the player is dealt a 7-Card 9 High hand or a 7-Card Straight Flush; otherwise, the player'"'"'s Poker wager wins if the player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand ranks higher than or the same as the banker'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand; the player'"'"'s Pair Of Aces Or Better wager wins if the player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand is a pair of Aces or better; the player'"'"'s Bonus wager wins if the player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand ranks higher than or the same as the banker'"'"'s with a predetermined hand or better.
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20 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, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing and shuffling at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards plus at least one Joker, wherein the Joker may be used as an Ace or to complete a Straight or Flush; (b) placing either a Poker Bet wager or Pair Of Aces Or Better Bet wager, or both; (c) placing an optional Bonus Bet wager; (d) dealing cards, seven cards dealt either at one time or proportionally, into enough dealt hands of seven cards to provide a dealt hand for each Player and for the Banker; (e) determining which dealt hand is assigned to each Player and which dealt hand is assigned to the Banker; (f) from their own seven-card dealt hand, each Player and the Banker selecting and keeping their own best 5-card poker hand and discarding two other cards; (g) determining whether each Player'"'"'s Pair Of Aces Or Better Bet wager wins or loses, if any; (h) settling each Player'"'"'s Pair Of Aces Or Better wager against the Banker; (i) determining whether each Player'"'"'s Poker Bet wager wins, loses or ties, if any;
wherein each Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand is compared to the Banker'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand according to the rankings wherein hands are ranked in descending order as follows;
5 Aces, Royal Flush, 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 second highest Straight and that it is suited, A2345 is the second highest Straight Flush;(j) settling each Player'"'"'s Poker Bet wager against the Banker; (k) determining whether each Player'"'"'s Bonus Bet wager wins, loses, or ties, if any; and (l) settling each Player'"'"'s Bonus Bet wager against the Banker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of playing a card game among a plurality of Players and a Banker, each Player wagering against the Banker, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing and shuffling at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards plus at least one Joker, wherein the Joker may be used as an Ace or to complete a Straight or Flush; (b) placing a Poker Bet wager; (c) dealing cards, seven cards dealt either at one time or proportionally, into enough dealt hands of seven 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 seven-card dealt hand, each Player and the Banker selecting and keeping their own best 5-card poker hand and discarding two other cards; (f) determining whether each Player'"'"'s Poker Bet wager wins, loses or ties;
wherein each Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand is compared to the Banker'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand according to the rankings wherein hands are ranked in descending order as follows;
5 Aces, Royal Flush, 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 second highest Straight and that it is suited, A2345 is the second highest Straight Flush;
wherein if the Player is not dealt a 7 Card 9 High hand or a 7 Card Straight Flush hand, or if the Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand ranks the same as or ranks higher than the Banker'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand, the Player'"'"'s Poker Bet wager wins and either is paid Even Money, namely 1 to 1, if the Banker'"'"'s losing hand is a hand of King-Queen or better or is paid one half of the wager, namely 1 to 2, if the Banker'"'"'s hand is a hand of King-Jack or lower;
if the Player is not dealt a 7 Card 9 High hand or a 7 Card Straight Flush hand, and the Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand ranks lower than the Banker'"'"'s, the Player'"'"'s Poker Bet wager loses; and(g) settling each Player'"'"'s wager against the Banker.
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19. A method of playing a card game among a plurality of Players and a Banker, each Player wagering against the Banker, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing and shuffling at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards plus at least one Joker, wherein the Joker may be used as an Ace or to complete a Straight or Flush; (b) placing a Pair Of Aces Or Better Bet wager; (c) dealing cards, seven cards dealt either at one time or proportionally, into enough dealt hands of seven 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 seven-card dealt hand, each Player and the Banker selecting and keeping their own best 5-card poker hand and discarding two other cards; (f) determining whether each Player'"'"'s Pair Of Aces Or Better Bet wager wins or loses;
wherein a Player'"'"'s Pair Of Aces Or Better Bet wager wins if the Player is dealt a 7 Card 9 High hand or a 7 Card Straight Flush hand, or if the Player'"'"'s hand is a pair of Aces, Two Pair, 3 of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, Royal Flush or 5 Aces; and
the Player'"'"'s wager loses if the Player is not dealt a 7 Card 9 High hand or a 7 Card Straight Flush hand, and the Player'"'"'s hand is a pair of Kings or lower; and
the player'"'"'s winning wager may be paid according to either a predetermined pay table or a predetermined payoff odds; and(g) settling each Player'"'"'s wager against the Banker.
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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, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing and shuffling at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards plus at least one Joker, wherein the Joker may be used as an Ace or to complete a Straight or Flush; (b) placing a Bonus Bet wager; (c) dealing cards, seven cards dealt either at one time or proportionally, into enough dealt hands of seven 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 seven-card dealt hand, each Player and the Banker selecting and keeping their own best 5-card poker hand and discarding two other cards; (f) determining whether each Player'"'"'s Bonus Bet wager wins, loses, or ties, wherein a Player'"'"'s Bonus Bet wager wins if the Player is dealt a 7 Card 9 High hand or a 7 Card Straight Flush hand, or if the Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand ranks the same as or ranks higher than the Banker'"'"'s with a predetermined rank or better;
the Player'"'"'s Bonus Bet wager is a push and neither wins nor loses if the Player is not dealt a 7 Card 9 High hand or a 7 Card Straight Flush hand, and the Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand ranks lower than the Banker'"'"'s with the predetermined rank or better; and
the Player'"'"'s Bonus Bet wager loses if the Player is not dealt a 7 Card 9 High hand or a 7 Card Straight Flush hand, and the Player'"'"'s best 5-card poker hand is not a predetermined rank or better; and
the Player'"'"'s winning Bonus Bet wager may be paid according to either a predetermined payoff odds or a predetermined pay table; and(g) settling each Player'"'"'s wager against the Banker.
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