Patent ID: 6131907
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method for at least one player to play a live, house banked, five card stud poker-type game utilizing a deck of playing cards and having a dealer representing the house playing against at least one player consisting essentially of the steps of:before receiving any cards, the player placing a first ante bet;the dealer dealing three cards face down to each player and allowing each player to view the faces of said three cards;each player, as a sole mandatory option, either folding, in which case the player loses his first ante bet and is out of the game, or placing a second bet of a predetermined amount;the dealer dealing a fourth card face down to each player who has placed a second bet and allowing each player to view the face down fourth card;each player, as a sole mandatory option, either folding in which case the player loses his first and second bets or said player placing a third bet of a second predetermined amount;the dealer dealing a fifth card face up to each player who has placed a third bet to conclude play of the hand and complete the player's hand;thereafter, without additional play, comparing each remaining player's five card completed hand to a predetermined ranking of hands;each remaining player forfeiting his bets if the comparison does not result in the player's cards achieving at least a predetermined rank or the dealer paying each player at predetermined odds based upon his bets if said comparison shows that the player's hand has achieved a predetermined rank.