Patent ID: 6830247
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
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 Poker Bet, Specified Pair Or Better Bet, 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 and Bonus Bet; (c) dealing cards into enough dealt hands of six 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 six-card dealt hand, each Player and the Banker each selecting and keeping his or her best 5-card poker hand and discarding one other card; (f) determining whether each Player's side-bet wager or wagers win or lose, if any; (g) settling any side-bet wagers of each Player against the Banker, (h) comparing each Player's best 5-card poker hand to the Banker's best 5-card poker hand according to the rankings selected for the Poker Bet game, wherein hands are ranked in descending order as follows: Royal Flush, 5 of a Kind, 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 lowest Straight and that when it is suited, A2345 is the lowest Straight Flush; (i) determining whether each Playere's Poker Bet wager wins, loses or ties, if any; (j) settling each Player's Poker Bet wager against the Banker.