Patent ID: 6719292
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a card game among a plurality of Players and a Banker, each Player wagering against the Banker, 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 Aces 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, 4 Of A Kind Or Better Bet and Bonus Bet; (c) each Player and the Banker are each dealt seven cards and one community card; (d) determining which dealt hand is assigned to each Player and which dealt hand is assigned to the Banker; (e) the dealer putting away the Banker's hand in the discard holder; (f) from each Player's own seven dealt cards and the community card, he or she selecting his or her best 5-card poker-hand and discarding three other cards; (g) determining whether each Player's wager or wagers win or lose, wherein each Joker may be used as any card; wherein a Player's Aces Two Pair Or Better Bet wager wins if the Player's best 5-card poker hand is Aces Two Pair, 3 of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, 5 of a Kind or Royal Flush, and is paid according to a predetermined Aces Two Pair Or Better Bet pay table; the player's said wager loses if the Player's best 5-card poker hand is not one of the aforesaid winning hands; wherein a Player's 3 Of A Kind Or Better Bet wager wins if said Player's best 5-card poker hand is 3 of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, 5 of a Kind or Royal Flush, and is paid according to a predetermined 3 Of A Kind Or Better Bet pay table; the player's said wager loses if the Player's best 5-card poker hand is not one of the aforesaid winning hands; wherein a Player's Straight Or Better Bet wager wins if said Player's best 5-card poker hand is Straight, Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, 5 of a Kind or Royal Flush, and is paid according to a predetermined Straight Or Better Bet pay table; the player's said wager loses if the Player's best 5-card poker hand is not one of the aforesaid winning hands; wherein a Player's Flush Or Better Bet wager wins if said Player's best 5-card poker hand is Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, 5 of a Kind or Royal Flush, and is paid according to a predetermined Flush Or Better Bet pay table; the player's said wager loses if the Player's best 5-card poker hand is not one of the aforesaid winning hands; wherein a Player's Full House Or Better Bet wager wins if said Player's best 5-card poker hand is Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, 5 of a Kind or Royal Flush, and is paid according to a predetermined Full House Or Better Bet pay table; the player's said wager loses if the Player's best 5-card poker hand is not one of the aforesaid winning hands; wherein a Player's 4 Of A Kind Or Better Bet wager wins if said Player's best 5-card poker hand is 4 of a Kind, Straight, Flush, 5 of a Kind or Royal Flush, and is paid according to a predetermined 4 Of A Kind Or Better Bet pay table; the player's said wager loses if the Player's best 5-card poker hand is not one of the aforesaid winning hands; wherein a Player's Bonus Bet wager wins if said Player's best 5-card poker hand is one of the predetermined Bonus Bet winning hands, and is paid according to a predetermined Bonus Bet pay table; the player's said wager loses if the Player's best 5-card poker hand is not one of the predetermined Bonus Bet winning hands; and (h) settling each Player's wager or wagers against the Banker.