Patent ID: 6575467
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a round of a poker game with at least one deck of cards having different suits of cards within the deck and having different rankings of cards within each suit, comprising:dividing the round into a plurality of stages; placing a wager for each stage; dealing a hand of cards to each player at each stage; forming part of the hand of cards of each player at each stage subsequent to the initial stage by the cards dealt to that player in each previous stage; designating a different wildcard for each stage; determining whether each player has a winning hand of cards at each stage by comparing the hand of cards including any wildcards held by each player to a schedule of winning card combinations applicable to that stage; paying each winner at each stage according to an odds schedule applicable to each hand of winning card combinations at each stage; and changing at least some of the winning card combinations and the odds schedule for each winning card combination at each stage.