Patent ID: 6435507
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a card game comprising:(a) providing a deck of cards having at least five different symbols thereon and a gaming table with a plurality of player positions, the gaming table including five card receiving boxes for each player position and two card receiving boxes for a dealer position which are adapted to receive cards dealt from the deck, and each player position including three ante receiving areas; (b) shuffling the deck of cards by the dealer; (c) placing an ante in at least one ante receiving area by a player at at least one of the plurality of the player positions; (d) the dealer dealing one card from the shuffled deck into each of the first two card receiving boxes for each of the ante placing players; (e) the dealer dealing three additional cards to each of the ante placing players; (f) the dealer dealing a card into each of the two card receiving boxes for the dealer to create a dealer hand, at least one of the cards in the dealer hand being dealt face up; (g) each of the ante placing players examining the three additional cards dealt to the player and placing the three additional cards in the third, fourth and fifth card receiving boxes; (h) each of the ante placing players electing to play the unexamined first and second cards in the first and second player card receiving boxes or the dealer hand in combination with the examined player cards to form a player hand; (i) determining if a three-card winning combination is present in the player hand for each of the ante placing players; (j) if one of the three-card winning combinations is present, paying off the player who placed the ante in the ante receiving area for the three-card winning combination; (k) determining if a four-card winning combination is present in the player hand for each of the ante placing players; (l) if one of the four-card winning combinations is present, paying off the player who placed the ante in the ante receiving area for the four-card winning combination; (m) determining if a five-card winning combination is present in the player hand for each of the ante placing players; and (n) if one of the five-card winning combinations is present, paying off the player who placed the ante in the ante receiving area for the five-card winning combination, and if one of the five-card winning combinations is not present, the dealer collecting the ante remaining on the gaming table.