Patent ID: 7341254
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method to play a card game using cards, or an electronic representation of cards, where each card has a suit and a rank associated with that card, and the cards are initially dealt such that the only indicium that is apparent to a player on each card is either the card's suit or the card's rank, but not both; after a player selects a card, the indicia that is apparent to said player on the card are both the card's rank and card's suit; and further comprising the following steps: (a) two cards are initially dealt, one with only the rank appearing and the other with only the suit appearing; (b) the player selects either of the two cards; (c) on the selected card, both the rank and suit appear, and the card is added to the player's hand; (d) a new card with the same type of indicium appearing (either suit or rank) as had been selected is dealt as a replacement for the selected card; and (e) these steps are repeated until the player forms a five card poker hand, which is then compared to a paytable.