Patent ID: 6755421
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a variation of seven card stud poker, comprising the steps of:providing a venue at which not less then three players and not more than six players compete for a jackpot against each other and not against a house; commencing play with a 54 card deck consisting of 52 regular playing cards and two wild cards; placing an ante toward a jackpot before being entitled to receive any cards; dealing a first card face up, a second card face down and a third card face down to each player and allowing each individual player to view the faces of the second card and the third card dealt to them; electing to either fold, in which case the ante is lost and the player is out of the game, or place a first bet of a predetermined amount toward the jackpot; dealing a fourth card face up to each remaining player; electing to either fold, in which case the first bet and the ante are lost and the player is out of the game, or place a second bet of a predetermined amount toward the jackpot; dealing a fifth card face up to each remaining player; electing to either fold, in which case the first bet, the second bet and the ante are lost and the player is out of the game, or place a third bet of a predetermined amount toward the jackpot; dealing a sixth card face up to each remaining player; electing to either fold, in which case the first bet, the second bet, the third bet and the ante are lost and the player is out of the game, or place a fourth bet of a predetermined amount toward the jackpot; dealing a seventh card face down to each remaining player and allowing each individual player to view the face of the seventh card dealt to them; electing to either fold, in which case the first bet, the second bet, the third bet, the fourth bet and the ante are lost and the player is out of the game, or place a fifth bet of a predetermined amount toward the jackpot; offering each remaining player an option of discarding one card in exchange for an eighth card, the eighth card being dealt either up or down depending upon whether the card it is replacing was up or down, should the eighth card be dealt down each individual player is allowed to view the face of the eighth card dealt to them; electing to either fold, in which case the first bet, the second bet, the third bet, the fourth bet, the fifth bet and the ante are lost and the player is out of the game, or place a sixth bet of a predetermined amount toward the jackpot; offering each remaining player an option of discarding one card in exchange for a ninth card, the ninth card being dealt either up or down depending upon whether the card it is replacing was up or down, should the eighth card be dealt down each individual player is allowed to view the face of the eighth card dealt to them; electing to either fold, in which case the first bet, the second bet, the third bet, the fourth bet, the fifth bet, the sixth bet and the ante are lost and the player is out of the game, or place a seventh bet of a predetermined amount toward the jackpot; and determining a winner of the jackpot based upon one of a player with a highest hand, a player with a lowest hand, or a split between the player with the highest hand and the player with the lowest hand.