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Patent US5732950 - Electronic video poker games - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsThe method of present invention involves dealing multiple rows of five card hands. The player attempts to achieve a high ranking poker hand on the center row by using face up and face down cards as potential replacement cards for the five cards initially dealt to the center row. An alternate method of...http://www.google.com/patents/US5732950?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5732950 - Electronic video poker gamesAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS5732950 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/755,174Publication dateMar 31, 1998Filing dateNov 25, 1996Priority dateJun 28, 1995Fee statusPaidPublication number08755174, 755174, US 5732950 A, US 5732950A, US-A-5732950, US5732950 A, US5732950AInventorsErnest W. MoodyOriginal AssigneeMoody Ernest WExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (6), Referenced by (220), Classifications (6), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetElectronic video poker gamesUS 5732950 AAbstract The method of present invention involves dealing multiple rows of five card hands. The player attempts to achieve a high ranking poker hand on the center row by using face up and face down cards as potential replacement cards for the five cards initially dealt to the center row. An alternate method of the present invention involves permitting the player to play up to three hands of video poker at the same time. Another version of the present invention involves combining a Twenty-One game with a Stud Poker game in which the cards used during the play of the Twenty-One game are utilized to form a Stud Poker hand.
What is claimed is: 1. A method of playing a card game comprising a combination to conventional Twenty-One and Stud Poker comprising:a) a player making a first wager to be eligible for a Twenty-One portion of the game; b) a player making a second wager to be eligible for a Stud Poker portion of the game; c) dealing two cards to the player; d) dealing two cards to a dealer; e) the player and the dealer continuing the play of the Twenty-One portion of the game according to the conventional manner of play of Twenty-One; f) paying the player based on the amount of the first wager if the player achieves a winning hand during the Twenty-One portion of the game; g) at the completion of the Twenty-One portion of the game, conducting a Stud Poker game using the cards dealt during the Twenty-One portion of the game to form a Stud Poker hand; h) paying the player based on the amount of the second wager if the player achieves a winning Stud Poker hand during the Stud Poker portion of the game. 2. The method of claim 1 in which the player is paid a preestablished amount based on the second wager if the Stud Poker hand comprises a predetermined poker hand ranking.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention includes a variety of electronic video poker games. Each electronic video poker game is designed to be played by having the hands displayed on a video screen to a player. By manipulating the buttons on the gaming device or by using conventional touch screen technology, the player selects which cards he wishes to play, which cards he wishes to move from one location to another on the screen display and which cards he wishes to discard. Replacement cards are then displayed for the discarded cards and the outcome of the play of the hand is determined.
Version #1--Super Poker I Version #1 of the invention is a poker-type game in which two horizontal rows of five cards each are displayed on a video screen. FIG. 1 shows the screen display for this game at the point in which the two initial five card hands are dealt and displayed to the player. A conventional deck of fifty-two cards is used. Two five card hands are dealt to the player. The first hand 20 is a five card stud poker hand dealt face down. The second hand 40 is a five card draw poker hand dealt face up. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second hand 40 is aligned card-for-card over the first hand. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the player makes two wagers--one for the stud poker hand and one for the draw poker hand.
Following along with the example from FIG. 1, FIG. 2 shows results that could occur. Assuming the player discarded the Four of Hearts 44 from the second hand 40, the replacement card for card 44 is card 24 (since card 24 is vertically aligned with card 44 on the screen display) from the first hand 20 which turned out to be the Queen of Spades when card 24 is turned face up. Likewise, assuming the player discarded the Three of Clubs 45 from the second hand 40, the replacement card for card 45 is card 25 (since card 25 is vertically aligned with card 45 on the screen display) from the first hand 20 which turned out to be the Jack of Spades when card 25 is turned up.
The above-described method of play can be modified in that any cards from the first hand 20 that are used as replacement cards in the second hand would themselves be replaced by new cards from the original deck of fifty-two cards. For example, FIG. 3 shows this modification. After discarding from the second hand 40, the Queen of Spades 24 and the Jack of Spades 25 are physically moved from the first hand 20 to their corresponding vertically aligned locations in the second hand 40. Replacement cards are dealt from the original fifty-two card deck resulting in the Six of Hearts 24R and the Six of Clubs 25R being added to the first hand 20. The resulting hands in this example are a Royal Flush in Spades in the draw poker hand 40 and a Full House in the stud poker hand 20.
Version #2--Super Poker II (Super Slot Poker) Version #2 of the present invention is a poker-type card game in which three horizontal rows of cards are displayed to the player. This version has a number of variations which will be explained as follows:
FIG. 4 shows an example of the cards displayed to the player on the initial deal. All fifteen cards are dealt from a single fifty-two card deck of standard playing cards.
The center row 110 is the draw hand to be played by the player and is displayed face up and in this example the player received as the draw hand 110 the Ace of Spades 111, the Jack of Spades 112, the Ten of Spades 113, the Six of Clubs 114 and the Four of Hearts 115. At the same time as the center row 110 is displayed to the player, the bottom row 120 is also displayed on the screen with all cards face up. The cards in the bottom row 120 are vertically aligned with the corresponding cards in the center row 110. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the cards in the bottom row 120 are the Five of Diamonds 121, the Eight of Hearts 122, the Ace of Clubs 123, the King of Spades 124 and the Queen of Clubs 125.
The object of the method of play is for the player to attempt to achieve a winning poker hand combination on the five cards in the center row draw hand 110. After the initial deal, the player can first determine whether he wishes to discard up to five cards in the center row 110 and replace the discarded cards, if any, with an exposed card from the bottom row 120. Only cards that are vertically aligned made be used as replacement cards for cards discarded from the center row 110. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the player would discard the Six of Clubs 114 from the center row 110 and replace this card with the corresponding vertically aligned card, the King of Spades 124 from the bottom row 120 in hopes of achieving a Royal Flush in the center row 110.
After the player has determined whether to use any one or more of the face up cards from the bottom row 120 as replacement cards for center row 110 cards, the player determines if he wishes to use any one or more of the face down cards from the top row 130 as replacement cards for center row 110 cards. Again by either pressing buttons or using touch screen technology, the player selects which center row 110 cards are to be discarded and replaced by top row 130 cards. Again, only vertically aligned corresponding top row 130 cards can be selected as replacement cards for those cards to be discarded from the center row 110.
FIG. 6 shows in the example that the player has determined to replace the Four of Hearts 115 from the center row 110 with the corresponding top row card 135. The Four of Hearts 115 is physically moved to the bottom row 120 and the top row card 135 is moved to the center row 110 to replace the Four of Hearts. The top row card may itself be replaced by a duplicate of itself or a new face down card. This would allow the player to make a separate bet on the face down stud hand in the top row. The play of the game would be similar to Version #1 except that any face up cards that were moved into the top row would be replaced by new cards when the player presses the "Deal" button.
Version #2B: This version plays the same as Version #2A. The center row 140 is dealt face up and the top row 160 is dealt face down. The two face up replacement cards at each end of the bottom row 150 are eliminated as shown in FIG. 7. Thus the player only has three face up replacement cards in the bottom row 150 and the player will have fewer options for replacement cards in this version.
Version #2C: Again, this version plays the same as Version #2A. As shown in FIG. 8, the center row 170 has its two end cards 171 and 175 dealt face down with the three remaining center row cards dealt face up. The top row 190 has only three cards all dealt face down and the bottom row 180 has only three cards all dealt face up. After the player has made his selections regarding replacement cards, the face down cards 171 and 175 in the center row 170 are then revealed. There are no replacement cards for the two end cards 171 and 175 of the center row 170.
Version #2D: This version plays the same as Version #2A. As shown in FIG. 9, the center row 210 has its two end cards 211 and 215 dealt face down. The bottom row 220 has only three cards, all dealt face up. The top row 230 also has only three cards, all dealt face up. After the player has chosen the replacement cards, the two face down end cards 171 and 175 are revealed. There are no replacement cards for the two ends cards 211 and 215 of the center row 210. This version gives the player full disclosure to select the best middle three hands, but the two end cards are left to chance.
Version #2E: This version again plays the same as Version #2A. The initial deal layout is shown in FIG. 10. The center row 240 has four face up cards and the fifth card 245 is dealt face down. The bottom row 250 has only four cards, all dealt face up and the top row 260 has only four cards, all dealt face down. There is no replacement card for the fifth center row card 245.
Version #2F: This version also plays the same as Version #2A. The initial deal layout is shown in FIG. 11. The center row 270 has four face up cards and the fifth card 275 is dealt face down. The bottom row 280 has only three cards, all dealt face up and the top row 290 has only four cards, all dealt face down. There is no replacement card for the fifth center row card 275. This version gives the player less options for the replacement of cards.
Version #2G: This version is somewhat similar to Version #2A, but is more complicated. FIG. 12 shows the layout for the initial deal of this version. Three rows of cards are initially dealt. The center row 310 is dealt face up; the bottom row 320 and the top row 330 are dealt face down. Also, a face down card 311A, 312A, 313A, 314A and 315A is dealt underneath each of the respective face up cards 311, 312, 313, 314 and 315 in the center row 310.
FIG. 13 shows an example of the play of the hand when the player has held card 311, card 312 and card 313 from the center row 310. Card 311, the Ace of Spades, is duplicated in the same aligned position in top row 330 and in bottom row 320. Likewise, card 312, the Jack of Spades, and card 313, the Ten of Spades, are both duplicated in the same aligned positions in top row 330 and bottom row 320.
In the preferred embodiment of this invention, the method of play uses a standard fifty-two card deck. One or more cards may also be designated as wild cards. If a player holds less than five cards from the center row, each hand will have different replacement cards so that player has the possibility of achieving various winning combinations. This game may also be dealt using three separate decks of cards--the first row being dealt using a first standard fifty two card deck while the second row is dealt using a second deck of forty-seven cards which comprises a standard fifty-two card deck having the player's five initial face up cards shown in the first row omitted therefrom and the third row is dealt using a third deck of forty-seven cards which comprises a standard fifty-two card deck having the player's five initial face up cards shown in the first row omitted therefrom. This would allow the player, for example, to theoretically make three Royal Flushes at the same time.
Version #2H: This version is played similarly to Version #2G, except for a modification to the manner in which the cards are dealt to the display screen. In this version, five cards are dealt to the center row, all face up. The player selects which cards he wishes to hold and the held cards are duplicated in the vertically aligned position in both the top row and the bottom row. After the player is satisfied with his selection of held cards, the player presses the "deal" button and the remaining cards for each row are then dealt. Each row will receive different cards to complete five card hands.
Version #2I: In this version, fifteen cards are dealt and displayed on the screen. These fifteen cards are dealt in three rows of five cards each. The player then proceeds to play three separate five card hands--each row being a separate hand. The player selects which cards to hold and discard from each row. After the player has completed this selection, the player presses the "deal" button and replacement cards are dealt and displayed. Each row is then determined for poker hand ranking and the player wins according to the pay table based on the amount wagered for each row. The player has the advantage of seeing fifteen cards prior to holding and discarding, so the player knows which cards from the deck will not be available as replacement cards on the draw.
Version #2J. This version is played similar to Version #2G except that there are two additional rows of face down cards, one being a top row and the other being the bottom row. Thus, there are a total of five rows of cards with only the center row being face up on the initial deal. As in Version #2G, the center row also has an underlying row of face down cards on the initial deal.
The play of this version is essentially the same as Version #2G except that the player is now effectively playing five hands of video poker at the same time instead of only three hands at a time as in Version #2G. Each card that the player selects to be held is duplicated into the two face down rows directly below the held card as well as the two face down rows directly above the held card.
The concept of the present invention may also be extended to other known casino games such as CARIBBEAN STUD Hold 'Em. Each of these known casino games could be modified by the addition of another wager which allows the player to bet on the outcome of the dealer's hand.
For example, in CARIBBEAN STUD make an additional wager on the composition of the dealer's five card stud hand. The payouts on this additional wager would be made in accordance with a separate pay table which would allow all players the opportunity to win at the same time for certain high ranking hands achieved by the dealer. In effect this would act as a type of insurance bet for those situations in which the player achieves a high ranking hand but is beaten by the dealer's hand.
In the case of LET IT RIDE created by dealing three extra face down cards on the table layout adjacent to the two common cards used in this game. In addition to making the normal wager on his own hand, the player would also have the option of making a separate wager on the composition of these three extra cards along with the two common cards. This separate wager would pay in accordance with a separate pay table and would allow all players the opportunity to win at the same time. This separate wager could also feature special progressive or non-progressive jackpot awards for a Royal Flush or a sequential Royal Flush achieved by this bonus hand.
As applied to Texas Hold 'Em, the player would make a separate wager on the poker hand value of the five community cards themselves. This could be played either with or without an additional progressive or non-progressive jackpot that would pay for a Royal Flush or a sequential Royal Flush. In those situations where more than one player at the table has made this separate wager and a winning hand occurs, any payouts would be shared by those players matting the separate wager in proportion to the amount of their separate wagers.
TABLE 1______________________________________Pair of 6's or Better          1 to 1Two Pair       2 to 1Three of a Kind          3 to 1Straight       10 to 1Flush          20 to 1Full House     30 to 1Four of a Kind 100 to 1Straight Flush 800 to 1Royal Flush    Progressive jackpot______________________________________
Combined Twenty-One Game and Stud Poker Game Another variation of the present invention involves combining the play of a conventional Twenty-One game with a Stud Poker game. In order to play this combined game, a player makes two wagers--a first wager to participate in the conventional Twenty-One game and a second wager to participate in the Stud Poker game.
Version A After the two initial wagers are made, the dealer deals two cards to the player and two cards to the dealer. The conventional Twenty-One game is conducted with the player and dealer taking hits or standing according to the conventional manner of play of Twenty-One. After the play of the player's hand and the dealer's hand is complete, the dealer pays all winning player hands and collects all losing player hands.
Version B This version of the invention is similar to Version A except that the cards from the player's hand are not discarded but are used to form a Stud Poker hand.
TABLE 2______________________________________Royal Flush       1000 to 1Five of a Kind    500 to 1Straight Flush    200 to 1Four of a Kind    25 to 1Full House        11 to 1Flush             8 to 1Straight          6 to 1Three of a Kind   2 to 1Two Pair          3 to 2Pair of Sevens or Better             1 to 1Lesser Hands      Loss______________________________________
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows the screen display for Version #1 of the present invention after the initial deal of the cards.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates primarily to electronic video poker games, and more particularly to electronic video poker games that are based on poker hand rankings and allow the player to discard and replace unwanted cards with replacement cards. The present invention has many versions with the common thread being that the player is shown possible replacement cards face up at the time the player must make his decision as to which cards to hold and which cards to discard. The invention also involves features which may apply to casino table games as well.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The method of present invention involves dealing multiple rows of five card hands. The player attempts to achieve a high ranking poker hand on the center row by using face up and face down cards as potential replacement cards for the five cards initially dealt to the center row. An alternate method of the present invention involves permitting the player to play up to three hands of video poker at the same time.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a Continuation-in-Part of application Ser. No. 08/495,952, entitled "Poker-Style Card Game", filed Jun. 28, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,531,448, and is also a Continuation-in-Part of Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/019,879, entitled "Electronic Video Poker Games", filed Jun. 17, 1996, now abandoned.
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