Patent ID: 6698757
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method for playing a casino game in which at least one player plays against a dealer using a standard fifty two card deck plus at least two jokers, comprising:the player making a base wager and a bonus wager; dealing to the player an initial player hand of five cards; dealing to the dealer a hand of six cards face down; the player examining the initial player hand and comparing the cards of the initial player hand to a predetermined set of automatic winning holdings; resolving the base wager, comprising: (a) if the player's initial player hand matches one of the automatic winning holdings, issuing a reward to the player based on the player's base wager according to a predetermined automatic winning holding schedule, the reward being greater than even money for a predetermined designated subset of the automatic winning holdings, the player being excluded from further participation in the hand after being rewarded; and (b) if the player does not have an automatic winning holding, (i) the player opting to discard a single card from the player's initial player hand and receive a single replacement card to form a final player hand; (ii) revealing the dealer's six cards; (iii) the dealer forming a final dealer hand of the highest ranking five card poker hand contained among the dealer's six cards; (iv) comparing the poker ranking of the player's final player hand to the poker ranking of the final dealer hand; and (v) rewarding the player based on his base wager if the final player hand has a higher poker ranking than the final dealer hand, the reward being greater than even money if the final player hand matches one of a predetermined set of holdings, and collecting the player's base wager if the final player hand has a lower poker ranking than the final dealer hand; and resolving bonus wagers by comparing the final player hand and the final dealer hand to a predetermined set of bonus holdings and rewarding the player based on his bonus wager for having a bonus holding, the set of bonus holdings including at least a bonus holding in which the final player hand includes one joker, a bonus holding in which the final player hand includes two jokers, and a bonus holding in which the final player hand includes one joker in combination with the final dealer hand simultaneously including one joker.