Patent ID: 6712360
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a poker game involving at least one player and a dealer, said method comprising the steps of:providing a standard 52 card deck of playing cards, a first die having sides with indicia, a second die having sides with indicia, and a plurality of Joker icons; wherein said first die has at least one side having indicia representative of a Joker and at least one side having indicia representative of a number, with the remaining sides having indicia representative of either a number or a Joker; wherein each side of said second die has indicia representative of a number; rolling said first die and second die, dealing to said at least one player the number of cards corresponding to the total of the numbers rolled on said first die and said second die, and further providing a Joker icon said at least one first player if said Joker indicia was rolled; dealing three cards to said dealer and providing a Joker icon to said dealer; dealing two additional cards to said at least one player; dealing two additional cards to said dealer; determining the best five card poker hand from said cards or from said cards and said Joker icon dealt to said at least one player, wherein said Joker icon is designated to represent any card by said at least one player if possessed by said at least one player; determining the best five card poker hand from said cards and Joker icon dealt to said dealer; and comparing said best five card poker hand of said at least one player to said best five card poker hand of said dealer to determine the winner.