US2008224404A1PendingUtilityA1
Card game
Est. expiryMay 20, 2019(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Henry Lo
A63F 1/00A63F 2001/003
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Abstract
A novel card game wherein a player may place a Pair Of Aces Or Better wager and/or Poker wager, then an optional Bonus wager. A Player's Pair Of Aces Or Better wager wins if the Player's hand is a pair of Aces or better, and wherein the Player's two or more Aces receives a blackjack pay. The Poker's wager wins if the Player's hand ranks the same as or ranks higher than the Banker's hand, and wherein the Player wins all ties. The Player's Bonus wager wins if the Player's hand is a predetermined rank or better. A Player's 7-Card 9 High hand or 7-Card Straight Flush hand is an automatic winner for three said independent wagers. Versions of games played with at least three cards such as three, four, five, six, or eight cards per hand can be created.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modified1 . A method of playing a card game among a plurality of Players and a Banker, each Player wagering against the Banker, comprising the steps of:
(a) providing and shuffling at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards plus at least one Joker, wherein the Joker may be used as an Ace or to complete a Straight or Flush; (b) placing either a Pair Of Aces Or Better wager or Poker wager, or both; (c) placing an optional Bonus wager; (d) dealing cards, seven cards dealt either at one time or proportionally, into enough dealt hands of seven cards to provide a dealt hand for each Player and for the Banker; (e) determining which dealt hand is assigned to each Player and which dealt hand is assigned to the Banker; (f) from their own seven dealt cards, each Player and the Banker selecting and keeping their best 5-card hand and discarding two cards; (g) determining whether each Player's Pair Of Aces Or Better wager wins or loses, if any; wherein a Player's Pair Of Aces Or Better wager wins if the Player is dealt a 7-Card 9 High hand, or if the Player's best 5-card hand is a pair of Aces, Two Pair, 3 of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, Royal Flush or 5 Aces; and the Player's Pair Of Aces Or Better wager loses if the Player is not dealt a 7-Card 9 High hand, and the Player's best 5-card hand is not a pair of Aces or better; (h) settling each Player's Pair Of Aces Or Better wager against the Banker; (i) determining whether each Player's Poker wager wins or loses, if any; wherein each Player's best 5-card hand is compared to the Banker's best 5-card hand according to the rankings wherein hands are ranked in descending order as follows: 5 Aces, Royal Flush, Straight Flush, 4 of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, 3 of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair and High Card; wherein Ace is the highest High Card, following by King, Queen, Jack, Ten, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2; wherein either A2345 is the second highest Straight and when it is suited, A2345 is the second highest Straight Flush, or A2345 is the lowest Straight and when it is suited, A2345 is the lowest Straight Flush; (j) settling each Player's Poker wager against the Banker; (k) determining whether each Player's Bonus wager wins, loses, or ties, if any; and (l) settling each Player's Bonus wager against the Banker.
2 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 1 , wherein the Player's Poker wager wins and is paid Even Money, namely 1 to 1, if the Player is dealt a 7-Card Straight Flush hand or a 7-Card 9 High hand; if the Player is dealt neither a 7-Card Straight Flush hand nor a 7-Card 9 High hand, and the Player's best 5-card hand ranks the same as or ranks higher than the Banker's best 5-card hand, the Player's wager wins and either is paid Even Money, namely 1 to 1, if the Banker's losing hand is a hand of King-Queen or better, or is paid one half of the Player's wager, namely 1 to 2, if the Banker's losing hand is not a hand of King-Queen or better; if the Player is dealt neither a 7-Card Straight Flush hand nor a 7-Card 9 High hand, and the Player's best 5-card hand ranks lower than the Banker's, the Player's wager loses.
3 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 1 , wherein the Player's Poker Bet wager automatically wins and is paid Even Money, namely 1 to 1, if the Player is dealt a 7-Card Straight Flush hand or a 7-Card 9 High hand; the Player's wager wins and is paid one half of the Player's wager, namely 1 to 2, if the Player is dealt neither a 7-Card Straight Flush hand nor a 7-Card 9 High hand, and the Banker's best 5-card hand is not a qualifying hand of Ace high or better; the Player's wager wins and is paid Even Money, namely 1 to 1, if the Player is dealt neither a 7-Card Straight Flush hand nor a 7-Card 9 High hand and, if the Player's best 5-card hand ranks the same as or ranks higher than the Banker's and the Banker's best 5-card hand is a qualifying hand of Ace high or better; and the Player's wager loses if the Player is dealt neither a 7-Card Straight Flush hand nor a 7-Card 9 High hand and, if the Player's hand ranks lower than the Banker's and the Banker's best 5-card hand is a qualifying hand of Ace high or better.
4 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 1 , wherein the Player's winning Pair Of Aces Or Better wager is paid as follows:
Hand
Payout Odds
Two Pair Or Better
1 to 1
Two Or More Aces
3 to 2
7-Card 9 High
1 to 1
5 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 1 , wherein the Player's Bonus wager wins if the Player is dealt a 7-Card Straight Flush hand or a 7-Card 9 High hand, or if the Player's best 5-card hand ranks the same as or ranks higher than the Banker's best 5-card hand with 3 of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, Royal Flush or 5 Aces; the Player's wager pushes and neither wins nor loses if the Player is dealt neither a 7-Card Straight Flush hand nor a 7-Card 9 High hand, and the Player's best 5-card hand ranks lower than the Banker's with 3 of a Kind or better; the Player's wager loses if the Player is dealt neither a 7-Card Straight Flush hand nor a 7-Card 9 High hand, and the Player's best 5-card hand is not 3 of a Kind or better; and the Player's winning wager is paid as follows:
Hand
Payout odds
7-Card Straight Flush With No Joker
10,000 to 1
7-Card Straight Flush With Joker
3,000 to 1
5 Aces
1,000 to 1
Royal Flush With No Joker
400 to 1
Royal Flush With Joker
200 to 1
Straight Flush
70 to 1
4 of a Kind
40 to 1
Full House
5 to 1
Flush
4 to 1
Straight
2 to 1
3 Of A Kind
2 to 1
7-Card 9 High
10 to 1
6 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 1 , wherein the Player's Bonus wager wins if a Player is dealt a 7-Card Straight Flush hand or a 7-Card 9 High hand, or if a Player's best 5-card hand is 3 of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, Royal Flush or 5 Aces; and the Player's winning Bonus wager is paid as follows:
Hand
Payout Odds
7-Card Straight Flush with No Joker
8,000 to 1
7-Card Straight Flush with Joker
2,000 to 1
5 Aces
800 to 1
Royal Flush
200 to 1
Straight Flush
60 to 1
4 of a Kind
40 to 1
Full House
5 to 1
Flush
4 to 1
Straight
2 to 1
3 of a Kind
2 to 1
7-Card 9 High
10 to 1
7 . A method of playing a card game among a plurality of Players and a Banker, each Player wagering against the Banker, comprising the steps of:
(a) providing and shuffling either at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards or at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards plus at least one Joker, wherein the Joker either may be used as an Ace or to complete a Straight or Flush, or may be used as any card; (b) placing a Pair Of Aces Or Better wager; (c) dealing cards, seven cards are dealt either at one time or proportionally, into enough dealt hands of seven cards to provide a dealt hand for each Player and for the Banker; (d) determining which dealt hand is assigned to each Player and which dealt hand is assigned to the Banker; (e) from their own seven dealt cards, each Player and the Banker selecting and keeping their best 5-card hand and discarding two cards; (f) determining whether each Player's Pair Of Aces Or Better wager wins or loses, wherein a Player's wager wins if the Player is dealt a 7-Card Straight Flush hand or a 7-Card 9 High hand, or if the Player's best 5-card hand is a pair of Aces, Two Pair, 3 of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, Royal Flush or 5 Aces; and the Player's wager loses if the Player does not have any said winning hand; and (g) settling each Player's wager against the Banker.
8 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 7 , wherein the Player's winning Pair Of Aces Or Better wager is paid as follows:
Hand
Payout Odds
Two Pair Or Better
1 to 1
Two Or More Aces
3 to 2
7-Card 9 High
1 to 1
9 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 7 , wherein the Player's winning Pair Of Aces Or Better wager is paid according to a predetermined payout odds or a predetermined pay table.
10 . A method of playing a card game among a plurality of Players and a Banker, each Player wagering against the Banker, comprising the steps of:
(a) providing and shuffling either at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards or at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards plus at least one Joker, wherein the Joker either may be used as an Ace or to complete a Straight or Flush, or may be used as any card; (b) placing a Poker wager; (c) dealing cards, seven cards are dealt either at one time or proportionally, into enough dealt hands of seven cards to provide a dealt hand for each Player and for the Banker; (d) determining which dealt hand is assigned to each Player and which dealt hand is assigned to the Banker; (e) from their own seven dealt cards, each Player and the Banker selecting and keeping their best 5-card hand and discarding two cards; (f) determining whether each Player's Poker wager wins, loses or ties; wherein each Player's best 5-card hand is compared to the Banker's best 5-card hand according to either a predetermined ranks or the rankings wherein hands are ranked in descending order as follows: 5 Aces, Royal Flush, Straight Flush, 4 of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, 3 of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair and High Card; wherein Ace is the highest High Card, following by King, Queen, Jack, Ten, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2; wherein either A2345 is the second highest Straight and when it is suited, it is the second highest Straight Flush, or A2345 is the lowest Straight and when it is suited, it is the lowest Straight Flush; and (g) settling each Player's wager against the Banker.
11 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 10 , wherein the Player's Poker wager automatically wins and is paid Even Money, namely 1 to 1, if the Player is dealt a 7-Card Straight Flush hand or a 7-Card 9 High hand; the Player's wager wins and is paid one half of the Player's wager, namely 1 to 2, if the Player is dealt neither a 7-Card Straight Flush hand nor a 7-Card 9 High hand, and the Banker's best 5-card hand is not a predetermined rank or better; the Player's wager wins and is paid either a predetermined payout odds or a predetermined pay table if the Player is dealt neither a 7-Card Straight Flush hand nor a 7-Card 9 High hand and, if the Player's hand ranks the same as or ranks higher than the Banker's and the Banker's best 5-card hand is the predetermined rank or better; the Player's wager loses if the Player is dealt neither a 7-Card Straight Flush hand nor a 7-Card 9 High hand and, if the Player's best 5-card hand ranks lower than the Banker's and the Banker's best 5-card hand is the predetermined rank or better.
12 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 10 , wherein the Player's Poker wager automatically wins and is paid Even Money, namely 1 to 1, if the Player is dealt a 7-Card Straight Flush hand or a 7-Card 9 High hand; the Player's wager automatically wins and is paid one half of the Player's wager, namely 1 to 2, if the Player is dealt neither a 7-Card Straight Flush hand nor a 7-Card 9 High hand, and the Banker's best 5-card hand is not a qualifying hand of Ace high or better; the Player's wager wins and is paid Even Money, namely 1 to 1, if the Player is dealt neither a 7-Card Straight Flush hand nor a 7-Card 9 High hand and, if the Player's best 5-card hand ranks the same as or ranks higher than the Banker's and the Banker's best 5-card hand is a qualifying hand of Ace high or better; the Player's wager loses if the Player is dealt neither a 7-Card Straight Flush hand nor a 7-Card 9 High hand and, if the Player's best 5-card hand ranks lower than the Banker's and the Banker's best 5-card hand is a qualifying hand of Ace high or better.
13 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 10 , wherein the Player's Poker wager wins and is paid Even Money, namely 1 to 1, less a predetermined percent commission, if the Player is dealt a 7-Card Straight Flush hand or a 7-Card 9 High hand, or if the Player's best 5-card hand higher than the Banker's best 5-card hand; the Player's wager pushes and neither wins nor loses if the Player is dealt neither a 7-Card Straight Flush hand nor a 7-Card 9 High hand, and the Player's best 5-card hand ranks the same as the Banker's; the Player's wager loses if the Player is dealt neither a 7-Card Straight Flush hand nor a 7-Card 9 High hand, and if the Player's best 5-card hand ranks lower than the Banker's.
14 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 10 , wherein the Player's Poker wager wins and is paid Even Money, namely 1 to 1, less a predetermined percent commission, if the Player's best 5-card hand ranks the same as or ranks higher than the Banker's best 5-card hand; the Player's wager loses if the Player's best 5-card hand ranks lower than the Banker's.
15 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 10 , wherein the Player's Poker wager wins and is paid Even Money, namely 1 to 1, less a predetermined percent commission, if the Player's best 5-card hand ranks higher than the Banker's best 5-card hand; the Player's wager pushes and neither wins nor loses if the Player's best 5-card hand ranks the same as the Banker's; the Player's wager loses if the Player's best 5-card hand ranks lower than the Banker's.
16 . A method of playing a card game among a plurality of Players and a Banker, each Player wagering against the Banker, comprising the steps of:
(a) providing and shuffling either at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards or at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards plus at least one Joker, wherein the Joker either may be used as an Ace or to complete a Straight or Flush, or may be used as any card; (b) placing a Bonus wager; (c) dealing cards, seven cards are dealt either at one time or proportionally, into enough dealt hands of seven cards to provide a dealt hand for each Player and for the Banker; (d) determining which dealt hand is assigned to each Player and which dealt hand is assigned to the Banker; (e) from their own seven dealt cards, each Player and the Banker selecting and keeping their best 5-card hand and discarding two cards; (f) determining whether each Player's wager wins, loses, or ties; and (g) settling each Player's wager against the Banker.
17 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 16 , wherein a Player's Bonus wager wins if the Player is dealt a 7-Card Straight Flush hand or 7-Card 9 High hand, or if the Player's best 5-card poker hand is 3 of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, Royal Flush or 5 Aces; the Player's wager loses if the Player does not have any said winning hand; and the Player's winning wager is paid as follows:
Hand
Payout Odds
7-Card Straight Flush with No Joker
8,000 to 1
7-Card Straight Flush with Joke
2,000 to 1
5 Aces
800 to 1
Royal Flush
200 to 1
Straight Flush
60 to 1
4 of a Kind
40 to 1
Full House
5 to 1
Flush
4 to 1
Straight
2 to 1
3 of a Kind
2 to 1
7-Card 9 High
10 to 1
18 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 16 , wherein a Player's Bonus wager wins and is paid either according a predetermined pay table or a predetermined payout odds if the Player is dealt a 7-Card Straight Flush hand or 7-Card 9 High hand, or if the Player's best 5-card poker hand is 3 of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, Royal Flush or 5 Aces; the Player's wager loses if the Player does not have any said winning hand.
19 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 16 , wherein a Player's Bonus wager wins and is paid according to either a predetermined pay table or a predetermined payout odds if the Player is dealt a 7-Card Straight Flush hand or a 7-Card 9 High hand, or if the Player's best 5-card hand is Straight, Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, Royal Flush or 5 Aces; the Player's wager loses if the Player does not have any said winning hand.
20 . The method of playing a card game according to claim 16 , wherein a Player's Bonus wager wins and is paid according to either a predetermined pay table or a predetermined payout odds if the Player is dealt a 7-Card Straight Flush hand or a 7-Card 9 High hand, or if the Player's best 5-card hand is Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, Royal Flush or 5 Aces; the Player's wager loses if the Player does not have any said winning hand.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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