Patent ID: 8096556
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating an electronic video gaming machine to play a card game thereon comprising the steps of: providing an electronic video gaming machine comprising a video screen display, means for allowing a player to activate various actions during play of the card game, a device for receiving a player's wager or bet, a computer for storing therein a video signal representation of each card of a standard deck of cards and for analyzing displayed hands of cards, and a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions and executed by a processor to perform the steps of: each player inputting an ante wager into the electronic video gaming machine in order to participate in the wagering game; displaying on the video display screen a deal consisting of four cards face down to each player who places the ante wager to form a player hand; displaying on the video display screen a deal consisting of four cards face down to the dealer to form a dealer hand; displaying on the video display screen the player's cards so that the player may decide whether to continue play or to surrender, wherein any player deciding to surrender shall fold and forfeit that player's ante wager; each remaining player inputting a call wager into the electronic video gaming machine in order to continue to play the wagering game; displaying on the video display screen a deal consisting of three additional cards face down to each remaining player who places a call wager so that each player can form a seven card hand; displaying on the video display screen a deal consisting of three additional cards face down to the dealer so that the dealer can form a seven card hand; analyzing the players' hand to determine if any player does not have at least a four card straight, a four card flush or a four card straight-flush, requiring such player to forfeit that player's ante wager and declaring a push with respect to the player's call wager; each player having at least a four card straight-flush, a four card flush or a four card straight playing against the dealer's hand; analyzing the dealer's hand to determine the ranking of the dealer's hand and the player's hand in accordance with the following ranking of hands consisting of: analyzing the player's hand to determine if the player's hand outranks the dealer's hand; paying each player winnings on the ante and call wagers when the player's hand outranks the dealer's hand in accordance with a pay-table consisting of the following winning player's hand ranking of: wherein a Payout Ranking of “6” represents the highest payout and a Payout Ranking of “1” represents the lowest payout; and collecting the ante and call wagers from the players whose hands do not outrank the dealer's hand.