Method of playing a three-card draw casino card game

Abstract

Players participating in a preferred embodiment of the disclosed game and method of play are dealt three cards only, and are thereafter allowed to replace only one of the dealt cards to improve the rank of their hand. The game is played with at least three standard decks that are modified so that the modified decks contain only the ranks Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten in the suits of Spades, Hearts, Diamonds and Clubs. However, play is also possible using only two prepared decks and three cards per hand. Players are not paid on wagers listed on a “pay table” of predetermined winning poker outcomes and corresponding odds. Instead, wagers are paid off at a ratio of one-to-one (1:1). The dealer is not required to have a predetermined qualifying hand, but the dealer is required to discard according to a predetermined “House Way.”

1 ) A method of playing a card game, comprising:
 a) selecting a table for playing the game;   b) selecting at least two standard 52 card decks of cards, each deck comprising four suits of cards, and each suit comprising 13 cards;   c) designating the rank of each card, with all suits ranked equally, as A-K-Q-J-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2, with A as high rank and 2 as low rank, each intermediate card having a rank in relative order therein between;   d) preparing the at least one deck for play by removing all cards of rank 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2, and placing the remaining cards of rank A-K-Q-J-10 in a dealer's tray;   e) defining three cards as a hand;   f) defining a “pair” as two cards of the same rank;   g) ranking potential hands of play for the game, from highest to lowest, comprising:
 i) “Royal Flush,” comprising AKQ of the same suit; 
 ii) “Straight Flush,” comprising three cards of the same suit in ranked sequence order from highest to lowest as KQJ and QJ10; 
 iii) “Three of a kind,” comprising three unsuited cards of the same rank in the following order from highest to lowest as AAA, KKK, QQQ, JJJ, 101010; 
 iv) “Flush,” comprising three cards of a single suit, but which hand is neither a Royal Flush nor Straight. Flush in the following order from highest to lowest as AAK, AAQ, AAJ, AA10, AKK, AKJ, AK10, AQQ, AQJ, AQ10, AJJ, AJ10, A1010, KKQ, KKJ, KK10, KQQ, KQ10, KJJ, KJ10, QQJ, QQ10, QJJ, Q1010, JJ10, 1010J; 
 v) “Straight,” comprising three cards of more than one suit in ranked sequence, in the following order from highest to lowest as AKQ, KQJ, QJ10; 
 vi) “Pair,” comprising a three card hand comprising two cards of the same rank, in the following order from highest to lowest as AAK, AAQ, AAJ, AA10, KKA, KKQ, KKJ, KK 10, QQA, QQK, QQJ, QQ10; JJA, JJK, JJQ, MO, 1010A, 1010K, 1010Q, 1010J; and 
 vii)“High Card,” comprising an unsuited hand having a ranking in the order from highest to lowest, as follows, namely, AKJ, AK10, AQJ, AQ10, AJ10, KQ10, KJ10; 
   h) defining winning, losing and tying hands, when comparing one hand to another hand, as
 i) a winning hand as the higher ranked hand; 
 ii) a losing hand as the lower ranked hand; and 
 iii) tying hands as hands having the same rank; 
   i) designating a minimum wager required for entry into the game;   j) defining a player of the game as a person willing to
 i) place the minimum wager; 
 ii) receive in exchange of the minimum wager three prepared cards from the dealer's tray to comprise the player's original hand; and 
 iii) determine whether to place additional wagers based on the perceived rank of the original hand; 
   k) designating a wagering area for each player onto which each player places any wager, including but not limited to the minimum wager;   l) defining as a dealer a person whose duty it is to;
 i) deal cards for playing the game from the dealer's tray to each player; 
 ii) determine the rankings of any hands of cards played by each player; 
 iii) collect wagers lost from any losing player's wagering area, and to pay winnings to each winning player; and 
 iv) play according to a predefined “House Way;” 
   m) positioning the dealer adjacent the dealer's tray and at least one player adjacent at least one player wagering area;   n) accepting the minimum wager placed by each player in the player's wagering area and dealing three prepared cards by the dealer to each wagering player from the dealer's tray, the dealt cards being dealt face up;   o) dealing three cards from the dealer's tray to the dealer, two cards dealt face down and the third card dealt face up;   p) determining whether each player has at least a pair or less than a pair in their originally dealt hand;   q) requiring any of the at least one players holding a hand with at least a pair or better to double this wager before requesting a new card, but permitting any of the at least one players holding a hand having a rank lower than a pair to repeat the original wager amount in order to request a new card;   r) acting by each player on this determination by;
 i) placing a doubled wager or an amount equal to their original wager into the player's wagering area; or 
 ii) indicating to the dealer that the player is going to play the originally dealt hand by placing no additional wager in that player's wagering area; 
   s) discarding, by each player who has added an additional wager, one card face up from that player's original hand, and each such player receiving a replacement card dealt face up from the dealer's tray dealt by the dealer to the wagering player;   t) perceiving and comparing by the dealer the rank of each wagering player's new hand to the rank of that player's original hand;   u) turning a player's hand and discarded card face down on the table, and placing at least one chip of the player's wager on top of the face down cards if the player's new hand does not improve in rank relative to the player's original hand;   v) allowing each player to remain in the game if that player's new hand has a higher rank than that player's original hand;   w) completing this process for all players at the table;   x) turning over the two cards originally dealt to the dealer and comparing the dealer's hand to each of the face up hands held by the players at the table to determine whether the players' hands are winning, losing or tying in comparison to the dealer's hand;   y) permitting the dealer to draw a card based on the predefined “House Way;”   z) ending for a round of the game by:
 i) paying each player with a winning hand at a ratio of 1:1; 
 ii) collecting the wagers from each player holding a losing hand; and 
 iii) returning wagers made to players with a tying hand. 
   
     
     
         2 ) A method of playing a card game, comprising:
 a) selecting a table for playing the game;   b) selecting at least three standard 52 card decks of cards, each deck comprising four suits of cards, and each suit comprising 13 cards;   c) designating the rank of each card, with all suits ranked equally, as A-K-Q-J-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2, with A as high rank and 2 as low rank, each intermediate card having a rank in relative order therein between;   d) preparing the at least one deck for play by removing all cards of rank 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2, and placing the remaining cards of rank A-K-Q-J-10 in a dealer's tray;   e) defining three cards as a hand;   f) defining a “pair” as two cards of the same rank;   g) ranking potential hands of play for the game, from highest to lowest, comprising:
 i) “Triple Flush,” comprising three suited cards of a single rank from highest to lowest as AAA, KKK, QQQ, JJJ, 101010; 
 ii) “Royal Flush,” comprising AKQ of the same suit; 
 iii) “Straight Flush,” comprising three suited cards in ranked sequence order in the following order from highest to lowest as KQJ and QJ10; 
 iv) “Three of a kind,” comprising three unsuited cards of the same rank in the following order from highest to lowest as AAA, KKK, QQQ, JJJ, 101010; 
 v) “Flush,” comprising three cards of a single suit, but which hand does not comprise a Triple Flush, Royal Flush, or Straight Flush, in the following order from highest to lowest as AAK, AAQ, AAJ, AA10, AKK, AKJ, AK10, AQQ, AQJ, AQ10, AJJ, AJ10, A1010, KKQ, KKJ, KK10, KQQ, KQ10, KJJ, KJ10, QQJ, QQ10, QJJ, Q1010, JJ10, 1010J; 
 vi) “Straight,” comprising a three card hand of more than a single suit, the three cards in ranked sequence order from highest to lowest as AKQ, KQJ, QJ10; 
 vii) “Pair,” comprising a three card hand comprising two cards of a single rank, in the following order from highest to lowest as AAK, AAJ, AAQ, AA10, KKA, KKQ, KKJ, KK10, QQA, QQK, QQJ, QQ10, JJA, JJK, JJQ, JJ10, 1010A, 1010K, 1010Q, 1010J, 
 viii) “High Card,” comprising a three card hand comprising none of the above wherein AKJ unsuited is highest, while remaining hands have a ranking in the order from highest to lowest, as follows, namely, AKJ, AK10, AQJ, AQ10, AP10, KQ10, KJ10, 
   h) defining winning, losing and tying hands, when comparing one hand to another hand; as
 i) a winning hand as the higher ranked hand; 
 ii) a losing hand as the lower ranked hand; and 
 iii) tying hands as hands having the same rank; 
   i) designating a minimum wager required for entry into the game;   j) defining a player of the game as a person willing to;
 i) place the minimum wager; 
 ii) receive in exchange of the minimum wager three prepared cards from the dealer's tray to comprise the player's original hand; and 
 iii) determine whether to place additional wagers based on the perceived rank of the original hand; 
   k) designating a wagering area for each player onto which each player places any wager, including but not limited to the minimum wager;   l) defining as a dealer a person whose duty it is to;
 i) deal cards for playing the game from the dealer's tray to each player; 
 ii) determine the rankings of any hands of cards played by each player; 
 iii) collect wagers lost from any losing player's wagering area, and to pay winnings to each winning player; and 
 iv) play according to the a predefined “House Way;” 
   m) positioning the dealer adjacent the dealer's tray and at least one player adjacent at least one player wagering area;   n) accepting the minimum wager placed by each player in the player's wagering area and dealing three prepared cards by the dealer to each wagering player from the dealer's tray, the dealt cards being dealt face up;   o) dealing three cards from the dealer's tray to the dealer, two cards dealt face down and the third card dealt face up;   p) determining whether each player has at least a pair or less than a pair in their originally dealt hand;   q) requiring any of the at least one players holding a hand with at least a pair or better to double before requesting a new card, but permitting any of the at least one players holding a hand having a rank lower than a pair to repeat the original wager amount in order to request a new card;   r) acting by each player on this determination by;
 i) placing a doubled wager or an amount equal to their original wager into the player's wagering area; or 
 ii) indicating to the dealer that the player is going to play the originally dealt hand by placing no additional wager in that player's wagering area; 
   s) discarding, by each player who has added an additional wager, one card face up from that player's original hand, and each such player receiving a replacement card dealt face up from the dealer's tray dealt by the dealer to the wagering player;   t) perceiving and comparing by the dealer the rank of each wagering player's new hand to the rank of that player's original hand;   u) turning a player's hand and discarded card face down on the table, and placing at least one chip of the player's wager on top of the face down cards if the player's new hand does not improve in rank relative to the player's original hand;   v) allowing each player to remain in the game if that player's new hand has a higher rank than that player's original hand;   w) completing this process for all players at the table;   x) turning over the two cards originally dealt to the dealer and comparing the dealer's hand to each of the face up hands held by the players at the table to determine whether the players' hands are winning, losing or tying in comparison to the dealer's hand;   y) permitting the dealer to draw a card based on the predefined “House Way;”   z) ending play for a round of game by;
 i) paying each player with a winning hand at a ratio of 1:1; 
 ii) collecting the wagers from each player holding a losing hand; and 
 iii) returning wagers made to players with a tying hand. 
   
     
     
         3 ) A method of playing a card game, comprising:
 a) selecting a table for playing the game;   b) selecting at least three standard 52 card decks of cards, each deck comprising four suits of cards, and each suit comprising 13 cards;   c) designating the rank of each card, with all suits ranked equally, as A-K-Q-J-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2, with A as high rank and 2 as low rank, each intermediate card having a rank in relative order therein between;   d) defining three cards as a hand;   e) defining a “pair” as two cards of the same rank;   f) ranking potential hands of play for the game, from highest to lowest, comprising;
 i) “Triple Flush,” comprising three cards of the same rank and same suit, namely in the following order from highest to lowest AAA, KKK, QQQ, JJJ, 101010; 
 ii) “Royal Flush,” comprising AKQ of the same suit; 
 iii) “Straight Flush,” comprising a three card hand of a single suit in ranked sequence , namely QJ10, 987, and 654 of the same suit; between two straight flushes, the one containing the higher top card is higher in rank; an ace can be counted as lowest to make a straight flush, but it is the lowest type of straight flush—e.g., 32A; 
 iv) “Three of a Kind,” comprising three unsuited cards of the same rank, the hand ranking depending from the relative ranking of the cards held, namely AAA beats QQQ, 777 beats 555, and 444 beats 222; 
 v) “Flush,” comprising a three card hand of a single suit, which hand is not a Triple, Royal, nor Straight Flush, the relative ranking of hands depending from the relative ranking order of all cards held in each compared hand, namely from highest to lowest as . . . 665, 664, 663 . . . to the lowest flush 322; 
 vi) “Straight,” comprising a three card hand of more than a single suit, the three cards in ranked sequence order; ace can count high or low in a straight but not both at once, AKQ and 32A are valid straights; 32A is the lowest kind of straight, the top card being the 3; 
 vii)“Pair,” as a three card hand comprising two cards of a single rank; the relative ranking of one pair hand when compared with any other pair hand depending from the relative ranking order of the cards held, namely , 1010K beats 88A, 66K beats 447; if the pairs are equal, compare the highest-ranking odd cards from each hand; so JJA beats JJK, 99K beats 99J; 
 viii) “High Card,” comprising a three card hand comprising none of the above hands, the relative ranking of one high card hand when compared to any other high card hand depending from the relative ranking order of all cards held, namely, AM beats AK10, QJ9 beats QJ7, and 652 beats 643; 
   g) defining winning, losing and tying hands, when comparing one hand to another hand, as;
 i) a winning hand as the higher ranked hand; 
 ii) a losing hand as the lower ranked hand; and 
 iii) tying hands as hands having the same rank; 
   h) designating a minimum wager required for entry into the game;   i) defining a player of the game as a person willing to;
 i) place the minimum wager; 
 ii) receive in exchange of the minimum wager three prepared cards from the dealer's tray to comprise the player's original hand; and 
 iii) determine whether to place additional wagers based on the perceived rank of the original hand; 
   j) designating a wagering area for each player onto which each player places any wager, including but not limited to the minimum wager;   k) defining as a dealer a person whose duty it is to;
 i) deal cards for playing the game from the dealer's tray to each player; 
 ii) determine the rankings of any hands of cards played by each player; 
 iii) collect wagers lost from any losing player's wagering area, and to pay winnings to each winning player; and 
 iv) play according to a predefined “House Way;” 
   l) positioning the dealer adjacent the dealer's tray and at least one player adjacent at least one player wagering area;   m) accepting the minimum wager placed by each player in the player's wagering area and dealing three prepared cards by the dealer to each wagering player from the dealer's tray, the dealt cards being dealt face up;   n) dealing three cards from the dealer's tray to the dealer, two cards dealt face down and the third card dealt face up;   o) determining whether each player has at least a pair or less than a pair in their originally dealt hand;   p) requiring any of the at least one players holding a hand with at least a pair or better to double before requesting a new card, but permitting any of the at least one players holding a hand having a rank lower than a pair to repeat the original wager amount in order to request at least one new card;   q) acting by each player on this determination by;
 i) placing a doubled wager or an amount equal to their original wager into the player's wagering area; or 
 ii) indicating to the dealer that the player is going to play the originally dealt hand by placing no additional wager in that player's wagering area; 
   r) discarding, by each player who has added an additional wager, at least one card face up from that player's original hand, and each such player receiving a corresponding number of replacement cards dealt face up from the dealer's tray dealt by the dealer to the wagering player;   s) perceiving and comparing by the dealer the rank of each wagering player's new hand to the rank of that player's original hand;   t) turning a player's hand and the discarded at least one card face down on the table, and placing at least one chip of the player's wager on top of the face down cards if the player's new hand does not improve in rank relative to the player's original hand;   u) allowing each player to remain in the game if that player's new hand has a higher rank than that player's original hand;   v) completing this process for all players at the table;   w) turning over the at least two cards originally dealt to the dealer and comparing the dealer's hand to each of the face up hands held by the players at the table to determine whether the players' hands are winning, losing or tying in comparison to the dealer's hand;   x) permitting the dealer to draw a card based on the predefined “House Way;”   y) ending play for a round of the game by;
 i) paying each player with a winning hand at a ratio of 1:1; 
 ii) collecting the wagers from each player holding a losing hand, and 
 iii) returning wagers made to players with a tying hand. 
   
     
     
         4 ) A method of playing a card game, comprising:
 a) selecting a table for playing the game;   b) selecting at least four standard 52 card deck of cards, each deck comprising four suits of cards, and each suit comprising 13 cards;   c) designating the rank of each card, with all suits ranked equally, as A-K-Q-J-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2, with A as high rank and 2 as low rank, each intermediate card having a rank in relative order therein between;   d) preparing the at least four decks for play by removing all cards of rank 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2, and placing the remaining cards of rank A-K-Q-J-10 in a dealer's tray;   e) defining four cards as a hand;   f) defining a “pair” as two cards of the same rank;   g) ranking potential hands of play for the game, from highest to lowest, comprising:
 i) Four of a Kind Flush,” comprising a four card hand in which all cards are of both identical suit and rank in the following order from highest to lowest as AAAA, KKKK, QQQQ, JJJJ, 10101010; 
 ii) “Royal Flush,” comprising AKQJ of the same suit; 
 iii) “Straight Flush,” comprising KQJ10 of the same suit; 
 iv) “Four of a Kind,” comprising a four card hand of more than one suit but of only a single rankin the following order from highest to lowest, AAAA, KKKK, QQQQ, JJJJ, 10101010; 
   v) “Flush” comprising a four card hand of a single suit, but which hand is not a Four of a Kind Flush, Royal Flush, or Straight Flush, the relative ranking of hands depending from the relative ranking order of all cards held in each compared hand, namely from AAAK, AAAQ, AAAJ, AAA10, AAKK, AAKQ, AAKJ, AAK10, AAQQ, AAQJ, AAQ10, AAJJ, AAJ10, AA1010, AKKK, AKKQ, AKKJ, AKK10, AKQQ, AKQ10, AKJJ, AKJ10, AK1010, AQQQ, AQQQJ, AQQ10, AQJJ, AQJ10, AQ1010, AJJJ, AJJ10, AJ1010, A101010, KKKQ, KKKJ, KKK10, KKQQ, KKQJ, KKQ10, KKJJ, KKJ10, KK1010, KQ1010, KJ1010, K101010, QQQJ, QQQ10, QQJJ, QQJ10, QQ1010, QJJJ, QJJ10, QJ1010, A101010, JJJ10, J11010, J101010;   vi) “Straight,” comprising a four card hand of more than a single suit, the four cards in ranked sequence order from AKQJ to KQJ10;   vii)“Three of a Kind” comprising a four card hand of more than one suit in which three of the cards are of a single rank, the hand ranking depending from the relative ranking of the cards held, namely AAAK, AAAQ, AAAJ, AAA10, KKKA, KKKQ, KKKJ, KKK10, QQQA, QQQK, QQQJ, QQQ10, JJJA, JJJK, JJJQ, JJJ10, 101010A, 101010K, 101010Q, 101010J;   viii) “Two Pair,” comprising a four card hand in which two of the cards are of a single rank and the other two cards comprise a different single rank, namely from highest to lowest as AAKK, AAQQ, AAJJ, AA1010, KKQQ, KKJJ, KK1010, QQJJ, QQ1010, JJ1010;   ix) “Pair,” as a four card hand comprising two cards of a single rank; the relative ranking of one pair hand when compared with any other pair hand depending from the relative ranking order of the cards held, namely from highest to lowest, as AAKQ, AAKJ, AAK1O, AAQJ, AAQ10, AAJ10, KKAQ, KKAJ, KKA10,KKQJ, KKQ10, KKJ10, QQAK, QQAJ, QQA10, QQKJ, QQK10, QQJ10, JJAK, JJAQ, JJA10, JJKQ, JJK10, JJQ10, 1010AK, 1010AQ, 1010AJ, 1010KQ, 1010KJ, 1010QJ; and   x) “High Card,” comprising a four card hand comprising none of the above hands, the relative ranking of one high card hand when compared to any other high card hand depending from the relative ranking order of all cards held, namely, from highest to lowest, as AKQ10, AKJ10, AQJ10;   h) defining winning, losing and tying hands, when comparing one hand to another hand, as
 i) a winning hand as the higher ranked hand; 
 ii) a losing hand as the lower ranked hand; and 
 iii) tying hands as hands having the same rank; 
   i) designating a minimum wager required for entry into the game;   j) defining a player of the game as a person willing to
 i) place the minimum wager; 
 ii) receive in exchange of the minimum wager four prepared cards from the dealer's tray to comprise the player's original hand; and 
 iii) determine whether to place additional wagers based on the perceived rank of the original hand; 
   k) designating a wagering area for each player onto which each player places any wager, including but not limited to the minimum wager;   l) defining as a dealer a person whose duty it is to;
 i) deal cards for playing the game from the dealer's tray to each player; 
 ii) determine the rankings of any hands of cards played by each player; 
 iii) collect wagers lost from any losing player's wagering area, and to pay winnings to each winning player; and 
 iv) play according to a predefined “House Way;” 
   m) positioning the dealer adjacent the dealer's tray and at least one player adjacent at least one player wagering area;   n) accepting the minimum wager placed by each player in the player's wagering area and dealing four prepared cards by the dealer to each wagering player from the dealer's tray, the dealt cards being dealt face up;   o) dealing four cards from the dealer's tray to the dealer, at least two cards dealt face down and at least one card dealt face up;   p) determining whether each player has at least a pair or less than a pair in their originally dealt hand;   q) requiring any of the at least one players holding a hand with at least a pair or better to double before requesting at least one new card, but permitting any of the at least one players holding a hand having a rank lower than a pair to repeat the original wager amount in order to request at least one new card;   r) acting by each player on this determination by;
 i) placing a doubled wager or an amount equal to their original wager into the player's wagering area; or 
 ii) indicating to the dealer that the player is going to play the originally dealt hand by placing no additional wager in that player's wagering area; 
   s) discarding, by each player who has added an additional wager, at least one card face up from that player's original hand, and each such player receiving at least one replacement card dealt face up from the dealer's tray dealt by the dealer to the wagering player;   t) perceiving and comparing by the dealer the rank of each wagering player's new hand to the rank of that player's original hand;   u) turning a player's hand and at least one discarded card face down on the table, and placing at least one chip of the player's wager on top of the face down cards if the player's new hand does not improve in rank relative to the player's original hand;   v) allowing each player to remain in the game if that player's new hand has a higher rank than that player's original hand;   w) completing this process for all players at the table;   x) turning over the cards originally dealt face down to the dealer and comparing the dealer's hand to each of the face up hands held by the players at the table to determine whether the players' hands are winning, losing or tying in comparison to the dealer's hand;   y) permitting the dealer to draw at least one a card based on the predefined “House Way;”   z) ending for a round of the game by;
 i) paying each player with a winning hand at a ratio of 1:1; 
 ii) collecting the wagers from each player holding a losing hand; and 
 iii) returning wagers made to players with a tying hand. 
   
     
     
         5 ) A method of playing a card game, comprising:
 a) selecting a table for playing the game;   b) selecting at least five standard 52 card deck of cards, each deck comprising four suits of cards, and each suit comprising 13 cards;   c) designating the rank of each card, with all suits ranked equally, as A-K-Q-J-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2, with A as high rank and 2 as low rank, each intermediate card having a rank in relative order therein between;   d) preparing the at least five decks for play by removing all cards of rank 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2, and placing the remaining cards of rank A-K-Q-J-10 in a dealer's tray;   e) defining five cards as a hand;   f) defining a “pair” as two cards of the same rank;   g) ranking potential hands of play for the game, from highest to lowest, comprising:
 i) “Five of a Kind Flush,” comprising five cards of one rank and the same suit, namely AAAAA, KKKKK, QQQQQ, JJJJJ, 1010101010; 
 ii) “Royal Flush,” comprising AKQJ10 of the same suit; 
 iii) “Five of a Kind,” comprising five unsuited cards of the same rank in the in the following order from highest to lowest, AAAAA, KKKKK, QQQQQ, JJJJJ, 1010101010; 
 iv) 
 v) “Four of a Kind,” comprising four unsuited cards of the same rank from highest to lowest as follows, AAAAK, AAAAQ, AAAAJ, AAAA10, KKKKA, KKKKQ, KKKKJ, KKKK10, QQQQA, QQQQK, QQQQJ, QQQQ10, JJJJA, JJJJK, JJJJQ, JJJJ10; 10101010A, 10101010K, 10101010Q, 10101010J 
 vi) “FULL HOUSE” comprising three cards of the same rank and a pair, namely, . . . AAAKK, AAAQQ, AAAJJ, AAA1010, KKKAA, KKKQQ, KKKJJ, KKK1010, QQQAA, QQQKK, QQQJJ, QQQ1010, JJJAA, JJJKK, JJJQQ, JJJ1010, 101010AA, 101010KK 101010QQ, 101010JJ; 
 vii) “Flush,” comprising a five card hand of a single suit, but which hand is not a Five of a Kind Flush or Royal Flush, the relative ranking of hands depending from the relative ranking order of all cards held in each compared hand, namely from highest to lowest as AAAKQ, AAAKJ, AAAK 10, AAAQJ, AAAQ10, AAAJ10, AAJJQ, AAKKJ, AAKK10, AAKQQ, AAAKQ, AAKQ10, AAKJJ, AAKJ10, AAQQJ, AAQQ10, AAQJ10, AAJJK, AAJJQ, AAJJ10, AAJ1010, AKKKQ, AKKKJ, AKKK 10, AKKQQ, AKKQJ, AKKQ 10, AKKJJ, AKKJ10, AKK1010, AKQQQ, AKQQJ, AKQQ10, AKQJJ, AKQ1010, AQQQJ, AQQQ10, AQQJJ, AQQJ10, AQQ1010, AQJJJ, AQJJ10 AQJJ10, AQ101010, AJJJ10, AJJ1010, KKKQJ, KKKQ10, KKKJ10, KKQQJ, KKQQ10, KKQJJ, KKQJ10, KKJJ10, KKJ1010, KQJJJ, KQJJ10, KQJ1010, KQ101010,KJJJ10, KJJ1010, KJ101010, QQQJ10, QQJJ10, QQJ1010, QJJJ10, QJJ1010, QJ101010; 
 viii) “Straight,” comprising a five card hand of more than one suit as AKQJ10; 
 ix) “Three of a Kind,” comprising a five card hand of more than one suit in which three of the cards are of a single rank, the hand ranking depending from the relative ranking of the cards held, namely from highest to lowest as follows, AAAKQ, AAAKJ, AAAK10, AAAQJ, AAAQ10, AAAJ10, KKKAQ, KKKAJ, KKKA10, KKKQJ, KKKQ10, KKKJ10, QQQAK, QQQAJ, QQQA10, QQQKJ, QQQK10, QQQJ10, JJJAK, JJJAQ, JJJA10, JJJKQ, JJJK10, JJJQ10, 101010AK; 101010AQ, 101010AJ, 101010KQ, 101010KJ, 101010QJ; 
 x) 
 xi) “Two Pair,” comprising a five card hand comprising two cards of one rank and two cards of another rank from highest to lowest as follows, AAKKQ, AAKKJ, AAKK10, AAQQK, AAQQJ, AAQQ10, AAJJK, AAJJQ, AAJJ10, AA1010K, AA1010Q, AA1010J, KKQQA, KKQQJ, KKQQ10, KKJJA, KKJJQ, KKJJ10,KK1010A, KK1010Q, KK1010J, QQJJA, QQJJK, QQJJ10, QQ1010A, QQ1010K, QQ1010J, JJ1010A, JJ1010K, JJ1010Q; and 
 xii) “Pair,” comprising a five card hand comprising two cards of a single rank, the relative ranking of one pair hand when compared with any other pair hand depending from the relative ranking order of the cards held, namely from highest to lowest, as AAKQJ, AAKQ10, AAKJ10, AAQJ10, KKAQJ, KKAQ10, KKAJ10, KKQJ10, QQAKJ, QQAK10, QQAJ10, QQKJ10, JJAKQ, JJAK10, JJAQ10, JJKQ10, 1010AKQ, 1010AKJ, 1010AQJ, 1010KQJ. 
   h) defining winning, losing and tying hands, when comparing one hand to another hand, as
 i) a winning hand as the higher ranked hand; 
 ii) a losing hand as the lower ranked hand; and 
 iii) tying hands as hands having the same rank; 
   i) designating a minimum wager required for entry into the game;   j) defining a player of the game as a person willing to
 i) place the minimum wager; 
 ii) receive in exchange of the minimum wager five prepared cards from the dealer's tray to comprise the player's original hand; and 
 iii) determine whether to place additional wagers based on the perceived rank of the original hand; 
   k) designating a wagering area for each player onto which each player places any wager, including but not limited to the minimum wager;   l) defining as a dealer a person whose duty it is to;
 i) deal cards for playing the game from the dealer's tray to each player; 
 ii) determine the rankings of any hands of cards played by each player; 
 iii) collect wagers lost from any losing player's wagering area, and to pay winnings to each winning player; and 
 iv) play according to a predefined “House Way;” 
   m) positioning the dealer adjacent the dealer's tray and at least one player adjacent at least one player wagering area;   n) accepting the minimum wager placed by each player in the player's wagering area and dealing five prepared cards by the dealer to each wagering player from the dealer's tray, the dealt cards being dealt face up;   o) dealing five cards from the dealer's tray to the dealer, at least two cards dealt face down and at least one card dealt face up;   p) determining whether each player has at least a pair or less than a pair in their originally dealt hand;   q) requiring any of the at least one players holding a hand with at least a pair or better to double before requesting at least one new card, but permitting any of the at least one players holding a hand having a rank lower than a pair to repeat the original wager amount in order to request at least one new card;   r) acting by each player on this determination by;
 i) placing a doubled wager or an amount equal to their original wager into the player's wagering area; or 
 ii) indicating to the dealer that the player is going to play the originally dealt hand by placing no additional wager in that player's wagering area; 
   s) discarding, by each player who has added an additional wager, at least one card face up from that player's original hand, and each such player receiving at least one replacement card dealt face up from the dealer's tray dealt by the dealer to the wagering player;   t) perceiving and comparing by the dealer the rank of each wagering player's new hand to the rank of that player's original hand;   u) turning a player's hand and discarded card face down on the table, and placing at least one chip of the player's wager on top of the face down cards if the player's new hand does not improve in rank relative to the player's original hand;   v) allowing each player to remain in the game if that player's new hand has a higher rank than that player's original hand;   w) completing this process for all players at the table;   x) turning over the cards originally dealt face down to the dealer and comparing the dealer's hand to each of the face up hands held by the players at the table to determine whether the players' hands are winning, losing or tying in comparison to the dealer's hand;   y) permitting the dealer to draw at least one card based on the predefined “House Way;”   z) ending for a round of the game by;
 i) paying each player with a winning hand at a ratio of 1:1; 
 ii) collecting the wagers from each player holding a losing hand; and 
 iii) returning wagers made to players with a tying hand. 
   
     
     
         6 ) The game of the disclosure according to  claim 1 ,  2  or  3  wherein the “house way” calls for the dealer, if dealt one of a discrete set of hands, the hand denoted as comprising cards of the same suit by the superscript “S” to the right of a denoted card's rank, to discard one card, as indicated when the dealer draws any one of the following hands:
 a) A s K s J hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AK; 
 b) A K s J s  hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AK; 
 c) A s  K J s  hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AK; 
 d) A K J hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AK; 
 e) A s  K s  10 hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AK; 
 f) A K s  10 s  hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AK; 
 g) A s K 10 s  hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AK; 
 h) A s K 10 hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AK; 
 i) A s  Q s  J hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising QJ; 
 j) A Q s  J s  hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising QJ; 
 k) A s  Q J s  hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising QJ; 
 l) A Q J hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising QJ; 
 m) A s  Q s  10 hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AQ; 
 n) A Q s  10 s  hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AQ; 
 o) A s  Q 10 s  hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AQ; 
 p) A Q 10 hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AQ; 
 q) A s  J s  10 hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AJ; 
 r) A J s 10 s  hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AJ; 
 s) A s J10 s  hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AJ; 
 t) A J 10 hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AJ; 
 u) K s  Q s  10 hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising KQ; 
 v) K Q s  10 s  hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising KQ; 
 w) K s  Q 10 s  hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising KQ; 
 x) K Q 10 hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising KQ; 
 y) K s  J s  10 hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising KJ; 
 z) K J s  10 s  hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising KJ; 
 aa) K s  J 10 s  hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising KJ; 
 bb) K J 10 hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising KJ. 
 After the indicated discard, the dealer then draws a third card from the dealer's tray. 
 
     
     
         7 ) The game of the disclosure according to  claim 1 ,  2  or  3  wherein the “house way” calls for the dealer, if dealt one of a discrete set of hands, to discard one card, as indicated when the dealer draws any one of the following hands:
 a) A A 10 hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising AA; 
 b) K K 10 hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising KK; 
 c) Q Q 10 hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising QQ; 
 d) J J 10 hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising JJ; and 
 e) 10 10 J hand drawn by dealer, dealer must discard to create hand comprising 1010. 
 
     
     
         8 ) The game of the disclosure according to  claims 1 - 5 , wherein the dealer places two or more cards face up in the dealer's dealt hand. 
     
     
         9 ) The game of the disclosure according to  claims 1 - 5 , wherein the player doubles the bet in order to draw a card. 
     
     
         10 ) The game of the disclosure according to  claims 1 - 5 , wherein each player must have a minimum qualifying hand (such as one pair or better) or to be forced to surrender. 
     
     
         11 ) The game of the disclosure according to  claims 1 - 5 , wherein each player may draw either one, two or three cards and still has the option to double the initial wager to make such a draw, 
     
     
         12 ) The game of the disclosure according to  claims 1 - 5 , wherein in states or jurisdictions where the dealer is not allowed to represent the house as a bank, a player may choose to play one or more hand as a Third Party Banker. 
     
     
         13 ) The game of the disclosure according to  claims 1 - 5 , wherein all players have the opportunity to play as the dealer, and a button or similar apparatus will rotate around the table position to position with each individual player agreeing or disagreeing on acting as the player/banker. 
     
     
         14 ) The game of the disclosure according to  claims 1 - 5 , wherein there is no Third Party Banker, and the opportunity to bank is rotated around the table as in  claim 12 , above, and those players wishing to bank have the chance to risk their money against the wagers of other players. 
     
     
         15 ) The game of the disclosure according to  claims 1 - 5 , wherein the deck can be modified in addition of one or more Jokers (wild card) with the Joker acting as any card. 
     
     
         16 ) The game of the disclosure according to  claims 1 - 5 , wherein the Joker can be used as an Ace of the necessary card to create a straight or a flush. 
     
     
         17 ) The game of the disclosure according to  claims 1 - 5 , wherein when the dealer and the player finish with a hand of the same rank (a tie hand) the dealer hand will win. 
     
     
         18 ) The game of the disclosure according to  claims 1 - 5 , wherein a hand that is not improved with a draw is still alive. 
     
     
         19 ) The game of the disclosure according to  claims 1 - 5 , wherein the either each player, or the dealer, or both play the game without drawing additional cards. 
     
     
         20 ) The game of the disclosure according to  claims 1 - 5 , wherein hands with pair flushes are ranked higher than hands with flushes without pairs.