Patent ID: 6857961
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of analyzing a card game, the method comprising: manually collecting each of a number of playing cards dealt in a card game after a completion of at least one round, including at least one complete hand of playing cards of at least one player playing the card game; automatically reading an identifier from each of the number of collected playing cards, the order of identifiers read from the collected playing cards forming an ending sequence of the read identifiers; automatically detecting a dealing of each of the playing cards to the at least one hand of the at least one player; automatically determining a number of playing cards dealt to the at least one hand of the at least one player based at least in part on the detected dealings; and automatically determining a value of the at least one hand of the at least one player based at least in part on the ending sequence of the read identifiers and based at least in part on the determined number of playing cards dealt to the at least one hand of the at least one player.