Patent ID: 7488246
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting a card game for one or more players using playing cards, or electronic representations thereof, comprising: providing a composite deck of playing cards including a plurality of visually distinct subdecks of playing cards commingled with one another, the playing cards of each subdeck including a visually distinguishable subdeck identifier, each subdeck formed from at least a subset of a standard poker deck; defining a payoff table of winning hands and associated payoffs, said payoff table including at least one winning hand distinguished from other winning hands based on the subdeck identifiers of the playing cards forming said winning hand; receiving a game wager from each player; dealing an initial hand of playing cards randomly selected from the commingled subdecks of playing cards included in said composite deck; receiving from each player a selection to discard zero or more playing cards from said player's initial hand; dealing a replacement playing card for each playing card selected for discard, said replacement cards dealt randomly from the commingled subdecks of playing cards in said composite deck depleted of the previously-dealt playing cards; forming a final player hand for each player, said final hand consisting of the playing cards of said initial hand, excluding said cards selected for discard and including said replacement cards; comparing each player's final hand to said payoff table, including comparing the subdeck identifiers of the playing cards in said final hand to the subdeck identifiers for said winning hands in said payoff table; and rewarding each player having a winning hand with the payoff associated with said winning hand in said payoff table.