Patent ID: 6113103
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
In the method of playing an improved game of Pai Gow Poker where a bank and a player are dealt cards from a standard deck of cards augmented by a joker, the cards being dealt after the player posts a wager, the improvement comprising the steps of:dealing four cards to the player and four cards to the bank, the player's four cards being dealt face down and a known number of the bank's cards being dealt face up:giving the player an option of surrendering after the player's and bank's four cards are dealt, the player's participation in the game ending and the player losing a portion of the wager when the surrender option is exercised, the player becoming a surviving player by not exercising the surrender option;dealing three cards face down to the surviving player and to the bank, whereby the surviving player and the bank each have seven cards;determining whether the surviving player's seven cards have a rank that is greater or equal to a player qualification rank, whereby the surviving player is qualified;the surviving player losing the wager by not being qualified;forming a bank back hand and a bank front hand by the bank from the bank's seven cards;forming a player back hand and a player front hand by the qualified player from the qualified player's seven cards; andcomparing the bank's back and front hands to the qualified player's back and front hands, respectively, to determine a winner of the wager.