Patent ID: 6575464
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method for playing and wagering on a playing card poker game between a casino represented by a dealer and one or more players comprising:each player risking a first mandatory wager to become a participant in the playing card poker game and on the possibility that a poker hand dealt to the player meets or exceeds a predetermined minimum ranking of poker hands and each player risking a second mandatory wager on whether a poker hand dealt to the player exceeds or is less in ranking than a poker hand dealt to the dealer; dealing a poker hand of playing cards to each player and to the dealer; and resolving each player's first and second mandatory wagers based on said player's poker hand and said dealer's poker hand, as follows: i) if the player's poker hand does not meet or exceed the predetermined minimum ranking of poker hands, the player forfeits said first mandatory wager; or ii) if the player's poker hand meets or exceeds the predetermined minimum ranking of poker hands, the player is paid by said dealer based on a predetermined schedule of ranked poker hands proportional to said first mandatory wager; and iii) if the player's poker hand exceeds the dealer's poker hand and the player's second mandatory wager is consistent with that result, paying the player proportional to said second mandatory wager, but if the player's second mandatory wager is inconsistent with that result, the dealer collecting the second mandatory wager; or iv) if the player's poker hand does not exceed the dealer's poker hand and the player's second mandatory wager is consistent with that result, paying the player proportional to said second mandatory wager, but if the player's second mandatory wager is inconsistent with that result, the dealer collecting said second mandatory wager.