Patent ID: 6332614
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a Poker card game between a Dealer and at least one player including:providing at least one deck of conventional playing cards;selecting a Dealer;requiring each at least one player to ante a bet before receiving a hand of cards;dealing cards from said at least one deck to each at least one player and the Dealer so that the Dealer receives two separate and distinct Poker hands and each of the at least one players receives one Poker hand;permitting each of the at least one player to exercise a betting opportunity;allowing the players and Dealer to optionally replace at least one playing card in each of their hands followed by a betting opportunity;evaluating the Poker hand of each player hand and each Dealer hand after all betting is complete according a ranking of Poker hands to determine whether at least one player holds a Poker hand which is ranked higher than both of the Dealer Poker hands; andidentifying as a winner any at least one player holding a Poker hand which is ranked higher than both of said Dealer hands and identifying as a nonwinner any at least one player holding a hand ranked lower than either one of the Dealer Poker hands.