Patent ID: 6575465
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a card game among a plurality of Players and a Banker, each Player wagering against the Banker, the method comprising the following steps:(a) providing and shuffling at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards plus at least one Joker; (b) each Player placing at least one wager of Poker Bet and side bets, wherein side bets include Pair Of Aces Or Better Bet, Two Pair Or Better Bet, 3 Of A Kind Or Better Bet, Straight Or Better Bet, Flush Or Better Bet, Full House Or Better Bet and Bonus Bet; (c) dealing cards into enough dealt hands of seven cards to provide a dealt hand for each Player and for the Banker; (d) determining which dealt hand is assigned to each Player and which dealt hand is assigned to the Banker; (e) from their own seven-card dealt hand, each Player and the Banker selecting and keeping their own best 5-card poker hand and discarding two other cards; (f) determining whether each Player's side-bet wager or wagers win or lose, if any; (g) settling each Player's side-bet wager or wagers against the Banker; (h) determining whether each Player's Poker Bet wager wins, loses or ties, if any, wherein each Player's best 5-card poker hand is compared to the Banker's best 5-card poker hand; wherein said hands are ranked in descending order as follows: 5 of a Kind, Royal Flush, Straight Flush, 4 of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, 3 of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair and High Card; wherein Ace is the highest High Card, following by King, Queen, Jack, Ten, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2; wherein a hand of A, 2, 3, 4, and 5 is the lowest Straight and that it is suited, a hand of A, 2, 3, 4, and 5 is the lowest Straight Flush; and (i) settling each Player's Poker Bet wager against the Banker.