Patent ID: 7670221
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of playing a poker-type game, the method comprising the steps of: a computer system dividing a standard 52-card deck into a reserve and a player deck, wherein the reserve contains 16 randomly selected cards and the player deck contains the remaining 36 cards, the computer system providing each player with a ticket showing two randomly selected cards from the player deck, wherein the two randomly selected cards are selected for each player from the 36 card player deck such that one player may have one or both of the same randomly selected cards as another player, the computer system creating fictitious opponents who are each provided with two randomly selected cards from the reserve, the computer system exposing five randomly selected cards from the reserve to form the community cards, the computer system determining the best 5-card hand for each player amongst the two cards on the player's ticket and the 5 community cards, the computer system determining the best 5-card poker hand for each fictitious opponent amongst the opponent's two cards and the 5 community cards, the computer system comparing each player's best 5-card poker hand with the best 5-card poker hand of each fictitious opponent to determine which of the players has a best 5-card poker hand that beats the best 5-card poker hand of all fictitious opponents, and the computer system declaring each player that beats all fictitious opponents as a first prize winner.