Patent ID: 7780169

Claim:
A pull-tab poker variant card game comprising: (a) at least one ticket having five images of playing cards selected from a conventional deck of cards, the conventional deck of cards having a plurality of individual playing cards, each of the individual playing cards having a face suit including one of Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and Spades, and an associated face value including one of Ace, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, Jack, Queen and King; and (b) a set of rules for the card game, the rules including: (i) placing an original wager by a player before any card images are revealed on the at least one ticket, the original wager being placed by one of an indication to an attendant and deposition of currency with a gaming machine containing the at least one ticket; (ii) giving the player an opportunity to increase their wager by a first amount, by one of an indication to the attendant and deposition of currency with the gaming machine, after revealing three card images to the player and not revealing two hole-card images, the three card images being revealed by one of removal of a cover of each of the card images from the at least one ticket and reading, by the gaming machine, of indicia on the at least one ticket indicative of the three card images, the hole-card images being unique to the respective at least one ticket; (iii) giving the player an opportunity to increase their wager by a second amount, by one of an indication to the attendant and deposition of currency with the gaming machine, after revealing a first hole card image, the first hole-card image being revealed by one of removal of a cover of the first hole-card image from the at least one ticket and reading, by the gaming machine, of indicia on the at least one ticket indicative of the first hole-card image; (iv) revealing a second hole-card image by one of removal of a cover of the second hole-card image from the at least one ticket and reading, by the gaming machine, of indicia on the at least one ticket indicative of the second hole-card image; and (v) paying a player having a winning hand for the total wager including the original wager and the first and second amounts, if applicable, based upon a predetermined payout table that indicates what hands are winning hands, payment being made to the winning player by one of the attendant and the gaming machine.