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Methods of playing wagering games and related apparatuses

  • US 9,373,220 B2
  • Filed: 02/01/2013
  • Issued: 06/21/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An automated table system for administering a wagering game, comprising:

  • at least one display screen configured to display wagers placed by each player participating in the wagering game at the automated table system;

    at least one player input device configured to accept a physical item associated with monetary value, the monetary value establishing a credit balance for a corresponding participating player; and

    at least one processor operatively connected to the at least one display screen and the at least one player input device, the at least one processor being configured to administer a wagering game using the at least one display screen and the at least one player input device by being programmed to;

    receive, via the at least one player input device, a wager input indicative of an ante wager amount committed from the credit balance associated with the corresponding participating player, the ante wager amount being displayed on at least one of the at least one display screen;

    display three player cards comprising a partial hand particular to each player on at least one of the at least one display screen, which player cards are available to respective players individually;

    receive from each respective player, via at least one of the at least one player input device, an election to fold wherein a wagering element associated with the ante wager of the respective player is collected and subsequent wagers from the respective player during the wagering game are not accepted, or an election to place a play wager equal to an integer multiple of the ante wager to continue participation in the wagering game wherein the play wager is at a maximum acceptable value of four times the ante wager amount;

    receive from at least one respective player, via at least one of the at least one player input device, a poker wager indicating an allocation of funds from the credit balance is authorized by the respective player;

    authorize, via the at least one processor, transfer of a rake from each ante wager and the play wager to a house account, transfer of a remainder of each ante wager and a remainder of the play wager to a game pot, and transfer of the poker wager to a poker pot, the poker pot and the game pot being separate;

    display two additional community cards available to all players on the at least one display screen to complete a five-card poker hand of each player; and

    resolve the ante and play wagers, authorize paying a payout of at least a portion of the game pot to each player holding a complete five-card poker hand ranked at a predetermined rank of a pair of jacks or higher, authorize paying at least a portion of the poker pot to a player who did not fold holding a highest-ranked, five-card poker hand when compared to ranks of the five-card poker hands of each other player who did not fold, and authorize collecting the ante and play wagers of each player holding a complete hand ranked lower than the predetermined rank, wherein the payout is added to the respective credit balance of each player holding the complete hand ranked at or higher than the predetermined rank.

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