Patent ID: 6837494
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a combined poker and baccarat-type card game comprising, in combination, the steps of: dealing a player hand having three cards; dealing a banker hand having three cards; determining a hand value of said player hand, wherein Ace through Nine cards have respective point values of 1 to 9 and wherein 10's and Jacks and Queens and Kings have a point value of zero, wherein a hand value of said player hand is equal to a total point value of said three cards of said player hand when said three cards have a total point value less than 10 and when said three cards of said player hand have a total point value of at least 10 then the first digit of said total point value is ignored when determining a hand value of said player hand; determining a hand value of said banker hand, wherein Ace through 9 cards have respective point values of 1 to 9 and wherein 10's and Jacks and Queens and Kings have a point value of zero, wherein a hand value of said banker hand is equal to a total point value of said three cards of said banker hand when said three cards have a total point value less than 10 and when said three cards of said banker hand have a total point value of at least 10 then the first digit of said total point value is ignored when determining a hand value of said banker hand; comparing said hand value of said player hand with said hand value of said banker hand wherein the hand having the higher number is a winning hand; permitting a player to select a poker hand from at least one of said player hand and said banker hand to permit said player to be eligible to receive a corresponding bonus payout if any selected poker hand receives one of a pair, a three-card flush, a three-card straight, three of a kind, a three-card straight flush, and a three-card royal flush comprising an Ace and a King and a Queen of any one suit; at least one player wagering a wager on one of said player hand and said banker hand; dealing an additional card as a tie breaker card when said player hand and said banker hand are subsequently determined to have an equal hand value; and paying said at least one player an amount equal to said wager when said additional card is one of 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace, said at least one player pays a dealer an amount equal to said wager when, said additional card is one of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.