Patent ID: 6276689
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: A63D,A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a betting game for two or more players, the method comprising the following steps:providing a standard pool table, a plurality of numbered billiard balls, and at least one cue stick;providing a standard deck of 52 cards;providing a plurality of numbered peas corresponding in number and designation to the plurality of billiard balls;determining a unit of bettingcontributing one betting unit per player to a common winnings pot;dealing a standard five-card poker hand is dealt for each player;distributing one pea for each hand dealt;retaining the respective pea if the respective pea corresponds to one or more cards in the respective dealt hand;discarding the respective pea if the respective pea does not correspond to one or more cards in the respective dealt hand;determining an order of play;allowing a first player to rack and break the billiard balls;allowing a second player to shoot of the first player fails to make a ball;determining if a ball whose number corresponds to shooting player's pea and one or more cards in the shooting player's hand has been made;revealing the pea and corresponding cards, and causing the players to ante into the pot a number of betting units corresponding to the number of cards plus the pea, when a ball whose number corresponds to shooting player's pea and one or more cards in the shooting player's hand has been made;determining whether or not the all of the balls corresponding to the cards in one or more player's hand has been made;declaring a player the winner of the game if all of the balls corresponding to the cards in that player's hand have been made;allowing the current shooting player to continue shooting if all of the balls corresponding to the cards in one or more player's hand has not been made; andreturning to the step of determining if a ball whose number corresponds to shooting player's pea, and repeating the subsequent steps, until all of the balls corresponding to the cards in one or more player's hand has been made.