Chinese poker deck

Abstract

A deck of 52 cards has 27 cards with three sets of numbers 1-9 and suits circles, bamboo and script; another 20 twenty cards worth 10 made up of wind directions East (“E”), South (“S”), West (“W”) and North (“N”), plus a Green Dragon (“GD”), each having four identical cards; and 5 Feng Shui cards worth 11 ranked in value from F1 to F5. The deck can be used to play Poker-like games with a hierarchical ranking for cards in the deck of: F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, GD, E, S, W, N, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1. A new game using the deck is to deal player(s) and a dealer three cards, two of the dealer's cards facing down and the other up. Player(s) select one or more cards until all players stand or bust, unless a player's initial cards are all 10s (i.e., E, S, W, N or GD), which is an instant win. Next, the dealer's down cards are shown and the dealer draws cards until a bust or the unit digit sum of the dealer's cards is five or less (unless the dealer has 3 10 cards, in which case the dealer wins). A bust occurs when a hand has any combination of three 10 or F cards. The winning hand between a dealer and a player, assuming no busts, is the hand with the lowest unit digit sum.

1 . A deck of 52 cards, comprising: 
 a first set of nine number cards, each of which bears a different designation representing the numbers 1 through 9 and a first suit designation;    a second set of nine number cards, each of which bears a different designation representing the numbers 1 through 9 and a second suit designation;    a third set of nine number cards, each of which bears a different designation representing the numbers 1 through 9 and a third suit designation;    a set of four East wind cards, each of which (“E”) bears an East Wind designation;    a set of four South wind cards, each of which (“S”) bears a South Wind designation;    a set of four West wind cards, each of which (“W”) bears a West Wind designation;    a set of four North wind cards, each of which (“N”) bears a North Wind designation;    a set of four Green Dragon cards, each of which (“GD”) bears a Green Dragon designation; and    a first (“F1”), a second (“F2”), a third (“F3”), a fourth (“F4”) and a fifth (“F5”) Feng Shui parameter card, each of which bears a unique Feng Shui parameter designation.    
   
   
       2 . The deck of  claim 1 , wherein the five unique Feng Shui parameter designations represent longevity, luck, wealth, health and fertility.  
   
   
       3 . The deck of  claim 1 , wherein the unique Feng Shui parameter designations of the first through the fifth Feng Shui parameter cards represent, respectively, longevity, luck, wealth, health and fertility.  
   
   
       4 . The deck of  claim 3 , wherein the first suit designation is a circle designation, the second suit designation is a bamboo designation and the third suit designation is a script designation.  
   
   
       5 . A method of playing poker games using the deck of  claim 1 , comprising the steps of: 
 assigning a hierarchical ranking for cards in the deck, in descending order, as follows: F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, GD, E, S, W, N, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1; and    playing a game using the said deck that invokes the hierarchical ranking for determining who is the winner of the game.    
   
   
       6 . A deck of 52 cards, comprising: 
 three sets of nine cards, each of which bears a different designation representing the numbers 1 through 9;    twenty cards bearing a designation associated with the number 10; and    five cards, each of which bears a designation associated with the number 11.    
   
   
       7 . The deck of  claim 6 , wherein each of the three sets of nine cards also bears its own unique suit designation.  
   
   
       8 . The deck of  claim 7 , wherein the twenty cards bearing a designation associated with the number 10 are comprised of five groups of cards, each of which bears its own unique designator.  
   
   
       9 . The deck of  claim 8 , wherein four of the unique designators represent an East wind, a South wind, a West wind and a North Wind.  
   
   
       10 . The deck of  claim 9 , wherein a fifth unique designator is a green dragon.  
   
   
       11 . The deck of  claim 9 , wherein a first suit designation is a circle designation, a second suit designation is a bamboo designation and a third suit designation is a script designation.  
   
   
       12 . The deck of  claim 11 , wherein each of the five cards with the designation associated with the number 11 bears a unique Feng Shui parameter designation.  
   
   
       13 . A method of playing a game with a dealer and a player using a deck of 52 cards comprised of three sets of nine cards, each of which bears a different designation representing the numbers 1 through 9, twenty cards bearing a designation associated with the number 10, and five cards, each of which bears a designation associated with the number 11, comprising the steps of: 
 dealing the player and the dealer three cards, with two of the cards dealt to the dealer facing down and one of the cards dealt to the dealer facing up;    allowing the player to select one or more cards, before any additional cards are dealt to the dealer, until the player stands or busts;    if the player stands, revealing the cards dealt to the dealer facing down and dealing from zero to one or more additional cards to the dealer according to a rule for when the dealer must stand and when the dealer must take another card until the dealer stands or busts; and    declaring either the dealer or the player a winner of the hand;    wherein the dealer is the winner if the player busts and the player is the winner if the dealer busts;    wherein the player or the dealer bust upon drawing any combination of three cards bearing the designation associated with the number 10 or the number 11;    wherein the rule is that the dealer must take another card if a unit digit sum of the designations of the dealer's cards is five or higher but the dealer must stand if the unit digit's sum is four or less;    wherein the player is the winner if the player has three cards bearing the designation associated with the number 10;    wherein the dealer is the winner if the dealer has three cards bearing the designation associated with the number 10 and the player does not have three cards bearing the designation associated with the number 10; and    wherein the winner between the player and the dealer when both the player and the dealer stand is the one with the lowest unit digit sum unless both the player and the dealer have the same unit digit sum, in which case a tie breaking rule is invoked.    
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein each of the three sets of nine cards also bears its own unique suit designation.  
   
   
       15 . The deck of  claim 14 , wherein a first suit designation is a circle designation, a second suit designation is a bamboo designation and a third suit designation is a script designation.  
   
   
       16 . The deck of  claim 13 , wherein the twenty cards bearing a designation associated with the number 10 are comprised of five groups of cards, each of which bears its own unique designator.  
   
   
       17 . The deck of  claim 16 , wherein four of the unique designators represent an East wind, a South wind, a West wind and a North Wind.  
   
   
       18 . The deck of  claim 17 , wherein a fifth unique designator is a green dragon.  
   
   
       19 . The deck of  claim 13 , wherein each of the five cards with the designation associates with the number 11 bears a unique Feng Shui parameter designation.