Patent ID: 6155568
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method for playing a Poker game using a 52 card deck of playing cards and a Joker which can represent an Ace or to fill a straight or flush, the method comprising:the player making a wager;dealing from the deck seven cards to form a player holding and to form a dealer holding, for each of said player and dealer hands assembling them into a two card low hand, a two card middle hand and a three card high hand, said hands having descending Poker rankings of high hand, middle hand and low hand;comparing the rankings of the player's high hand, middle hand and low hand to the dealer's high, middle and low hands and (1) if at least two of the player's hands have a higher rankings than the corresponding dealer's hands, declaring the player hand the winner, (2) if two or more of the dealer's hands outrank or have a tie ranking with the corresponding the player's hands, declaring the dealer hand the winner; andfor a player winning hand, paying the player based upon his wager and for a dealer winning hand collecting the player's wager.