Patent ID: 6135453
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a high/low poker game, the method comprising the steps of:a) each of two or more players placing a first high hand wager in a first high hand betting location and a first low hand wager in a first low hand betting location;b) each of the players optionally placing one or more additional wagers in one or more additional high hand or low hand betting locations;c) a dealer dealing an initial hand of at least four hierarchical indicators to each of the players;d) each of the players designating at least two hierarchical indicators selected from the initial hand as a high hand and designating at least two hierarchical indicators from the initial hand as a low hand;e) determining a first high hand or first high hand winners for the first high hand betting location by:I) comparing the relative rank of the players' high hands;II) determining the highest ranking hand of the players' high hands; andIII) declaring each of the players having the highest ranking hand a first high hand winner;f) paying the wagers in the first high hand betting location to the first high hand winner and, in the event of a tie, dividing the wagers in the first high hand betting location among the first high hand winners;g) determining winners for the first low hand betting location by:I) comparing the relative rank of the players' low hands;II) determining the lowest ranking hand of the players' low hands; andIII) declaring each of the players having the lowest ranking hand a first low hand winner;h) paying the wagers in the first low hand betting location to the first low hand winner and, in the event of a tie, dividing the wagers in the first low hand betting location among the first low hand winners; andi) if at least one seated player placed a wager in one or more additional high hand or low hand betting locations, then determining winners and paying wagers for each additional high hand betting location and each additional low hand betting location.