One two three poker

Abstract

The One Two Three poker is a hybrid poker card game playing in a live casino game table and electronic device such as computer, slot machine, video game, etc. and using 52 standard playing cards without jokers. Players play against to dealer (banker) by using conventional poker strategy and ranking system with Asian poker playing method. Both dealer (banker) and players are dealt six cards and arrange them into three groups, one card, two cards and three cards, called three hands. A bonus bet is assigned to one card bet. Players can fold the hand or raise the bet.

The invention is claimed as follows: 
     
         1 . A method of playing One Two Three Poker in a live casino game table and electronic device such as computer, slot machine, video game etc. involving a One Card Bonus bet, an Ante bet and a Raise X2 bet and up to six players and a dealer, wherein each player plays against the dealer through three hands with total of six cards using conventional poker card game strategy, fold and play strategy and a game rule with conventional poker ranking system and Chinese poker playing method, arranged six cards into three hands, using a deck of 52 standard playing cards without joker comprising:
 a) placing an optional wager on One Card Bonus betting circle by each of the six players; placing a mandatory wager on ante betting circle by each of the six players; placing an optional wager on Raise X2 betting circle by each of the six player who continue play the hand;   b) dealing by the house dealer, a total of six cards to the dealer and a total six cards to each of the six players in three steps, said one initial card face down for playing One Card Bonus bet, two cards face down for playing Ante in order to participate the game, and three cards face down for Raise X2 to receive the final three cards in order to complete the game and compare the player's hands to the dealer's hands in three different rounds/rotations in a clockwise after machine shuffle the cards;   c) allowing either house dealer or players act as banker;   d) allowing each player optional place wager on One Card Bonus bet with a mandatory wager on Ante bet, and fold the hand by losing wager on Ante and keep the wager on One Cards Bonus until the end of the game and allowing player play the hand with additional wager placing on Raise X2;   e) arranging of the cards, by the dealer/banker and each player, into a low hand of one card, a medium hand of two cards and a high hand of three cards so that, during play, conventional poker hands of three of a kind can be formed in forming three card high hand, depending on the cards that are dealt, wherein the medium hand must be higher in rank than the low hand and the high hand must be higher in rank than the medium hand,   f) comparing the one initial card of dealer to the one initial card of each of six players for One Card Bonus and collecting the wager on One Card Bonus when dealer has higher rank card and paying the same amount wager on One Card Bonus to player when player has higher rank cars;   g) comparing each of the low, medium and high ranks of each player with the low, medium and high hands of dealer individually and determining a winner between each player and the dealer when at least two out of the three hands of one is of higher rank than the corresponding hands of the other, and resolving each of player's hand against to the dealer' hand and taking the wager of the player by the dealer when dealer is determined to be the winner, and paying by the dealer, the amount of the wager placing by a player, to a player when a player determined to be the winner;   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein when the banker and a player have a corresponding hand of equal rank called copy hand, the dealer/banker is determined to be the winner; 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein house dealer deals one initial card face down to the player and banker/house dealer; house dealer compare the rank of players' one card to the banker's one card; the higher rank card wins, if player has a higher rank card, player wins; both banker and player have same rank of card, is called match; the wager on one card bonus will be pay according to the payout casino offer; 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , house dealer continue deal two cards to each of six players and banker/house dealer face down one at a time clockwise; allow players look the two cards and make a decision to play or fold the hand; 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , house dealer deals finial three cards to players who place wager on Raise x2 and banker/house dealer clockwise; both players and banker have to arrange six cards into three groups called, low hand with one card, medium hand with two cards and high hand with three cards based on the poker ranking system; 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a deck of 52 standard playing cards is used, include four different suits, said spade, heart, diamond and club of four kings, four queens, four jacks, four tens, four nines, four eights, four sevens, four sixes, four fives, four fours, four threes, four twos, and four aces; wherein all suits have the same rank and wherein the rank of single card from highest to lower is ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2;
 wherein the rankings of the three cards, from highest to lowest poker hand, is as follows:   (a) three aces;   (b) a mini royal flush formed by A-K-Q of the same suit;   (c) a straight flush formed by three cards in consecutive rank of the same suit, wherein the highest ranking straight flush is A-2-3 of the same suit and the second highest is K-Q-J of the same suit;   (d) a flush formed by three cards of the same suit, regardless of rank, wherein the highest ranking card determines the highest flush;   (e) a straight formed by three cards consecutive in rank, regardless of suit, wherein the highest ranking card will determine the highest straight, wherein A-K-Q is the highest ranking straight, A-2-3 is the second highest straight, K-Q-J is the third highest ranking straight and 4-3-2 is the lowest straight;   (f) three of a kind formed by three cards of the same rank regardless of suit wherein three aces is the highest ranking three of a kind and three twos is the lowest ranking three of a kind;   (g) there is no two pair;   (h) one pair wherein two aces is the highest ranking pair and two twos is the lowest ranking pair;   (i) no pair, which occurs when none of the poker hands set forth above are formed and wherein the highest ranking single card will determine the winner wherein, and in comparing hands of a player with banker, the highest ranking card is identical, the next highest ranking card will determine the winner;   (j) flush and straight do not apply to the medium hand;   (k) the higher ranking card wins, when the ranking card is identical, banker wins;   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein for medium hand, two cards hand, the highest hand is a pair of aces and the lowest hand is 2-3; for Low hand (one card hand), the highest hand is an ace and the lowest hand is a two; 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein one two three poker game is playing on a live casino game table; 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , house take 5% commission from winning when patron is a banker; 
     
     
         10 . A method playing A method of playing One Two Three Poker in a live casino game table and electronic device such as computer, slot machine, video game etc. involving a One Card Bonus bet, an Ante bet and a Raise X2 bet and up to six players and a dealer, wherein each player plays against the dealer through three hands with total of six cards using conventional poker card game strategy, fold and play strategy and a game rule with conventional poker ranking system and Chinese poker playing method, arranged six cards into three hands, using a deck of 52 standard playing cards without joker comprising:
 a) placing an optional wager on One Card Bonus betting circle by each of the six players; placing a mandatory wager on ante betting circle by each of the six players; placing an optional wager on Raise X2 betting circle by each of the six player who continue play the hand;   b) dealing by the house dealer, a total of six cards to the dealer and a total six cards to each of the six players in three steps, said one initial card face down for playing One Card Bonus bet, two cards face down for playing Ante in order to participate the game, and three cards face down for Raise X2 to receive the final three cards in order to complete the game and compare the player's hands to the dealer's hands in three different rounds/rotations in a clockwise after machine shuffle the cards;   c) allowing either house dealer or players act as banker;   d) allowing each player optional place wager on One Card Bonus bet with a mandatory wager on Ante bet, and fold the hand by losing wager on Ante and keep the wager on One Cards Bonus until the end of the game and allowing player play the hand with additional wager placing on Raise X2;   e) arranging of the cards, by the dealer/banker and each player, into a low hand of one card, a medium hand of two cards and a high hand of three cards so that, during play, conventional poker hands of three of a kind can be formed in forming three card high hand, depending on the cards that are dealt, wherein the medium hand must be higher in rank than the low hand and the high hand must be higher in rank than the medium hand,   f) comparing the one initial card of dealer to the one initial card of each of six players for One Card Bonus and collecting the wager on One Card Bonus when dealer has higher rank card and paying the same amount wager on One Card Bonus to player when player has higher rank cars;   g) comparing each of the low, medium and high ranks of each player with the low, medium and high hands of dealer individually and determining a winner between each player and the dealer when at least two out of the three hands of one is of higher rank than the corresponding hands of the other, and resolving each of player's hand against to the dealer' hand and taking the wager of the player by the dealer when dealer is determined to be the winner, and paying by the dealer, the amount of the wager placing by a player, to a player when a player determined to be the winner;   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein when the banker and a player have a corresponding hand of equal rank called copy hand, the dealer/banker is determined to be the winner; 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein house dealer deals one initial card face down to the player and banker/house dealer; house dealer compare the rank of players' one card to the banker's one card; the higher rank card wins, if player has a higher rank card, player wins; both banker and player have same rank of card is called match; the wager on one card bonus will be pay according to the payout casino offer; 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , house dealer continue deal two cards to each of six players and banker/house dealer face down one at a time clockwise; allow players look the two cards and make a decision to play or fold the hand; 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10 , house dealer deals finial three cards to players who place wager on Raise x2 and banker/house dealer clockwise; both players and banker have to arrange six cards into three groups called, low hand with one card, medium hand with two cards and high hand with three cards based on the poker ranking system; 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein a deck of 52 standard playing cards is used, include four different suits, said spade, heart, diamond and club of four kings, four queens, four jacks, four tens, four nines, four eights, four sevens, four sixes, four fives, four fours, four threes, four twos, and four aces; wherein the rank of single card from highest to lower is ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2; wherein all suits have the same rank and wherein the rankings of the three cards, from highest to lowest poker hand, is as follows:
 (a) three aces;   (b) a mini royal flush formed by A-K-Q of the same suit;   (c) a straight flush formed by three cards in consecutive rank of the same suit, wherein the highest ranking straight flush is A-2-3 of the same suit and the second highest is K-Q-J of the same suit;   (d) a flush formed by three cards of the same suit, regardless of rank, wherein the highest ranking card determines the highest flush;   (e) a straight formed by three cards consecutive in rank, regardless of suit, wherein the highest ranking card will determine the highest straight, wherein A-K-Q is the highest ranking straight, A-2-3 is the second highest straight, K-Q-J is the third highest ranking straight and 4-3-2 is the lowest straight;   (f) three of a kind formed by three cards of the same rank regardless of suit wherein three aces is the highest ranking three of a kind and three twos is the lowest ranking three of a kind;   (g) there is no two pair;   (h) one pair wherein two aces is the highest ranking pair and two twos is the lowest ranking pair;   (i) no pair, which occurs when none of the poker hands set forth above are formed and wherein the highest ranking single card will determine the winner wherein, and in comparing hands of a player with banker, the highest ranking card is identical, the next highest ranking card will determine the winner;   (j) flush and straight do not apply to the medium hand;   (k) the higher ranking card wins, when the ranking card is identical, banker wins;   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein for medium hand, two cards hand, the highest hand is a pair of aces and the lowest hand is 2-3; 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein for Low hand (one card hand), the highest hand is an ace and the lowest hand is a two; 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 10 , house takes 5% commission from winning when patron is a banker; 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein one two three poker game is playing in an electronic device, such as, computer, slots machine, video game etc; 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the electronic device of One Two Three poker card game includes display screen, player's interface and processor; comprising a computer software program comprising code for playing the electronic device, said code being capable of
 (a) providing a display to at least a player up to six players, wherein at least a portion of the display comprises multiple bet placement locations and receiving a bonus bet value and ante value from at least a player up to six player;   (b) enabling player interface with one or more of mechanical devices on the electronic device;   (c) enabling at least a player to place a bet on one or more of the multiple bet placement locations shown on the display prior to the first initial card and 2 nd  and 3 rd  card deal to player and dealer, placement locations via one or more of the mechanical devices on the electronic device;   (d) enabling a player to be a dealer electronically and dealing one card face down to player and dealer after randomly shuffle a deck of playing card for one card bonus, then, two cards face down to player and dealer for ante on the video screen; and allowing player view the two cards and receiving one signal from the player said, play or fold,   (e) computing a payout for a winning hand; and paying the winning;   (f) providing winnings to a player for a winning hand; collecting wager on ante if player's decision is to fold the hand, and resolving the wager on One Card Bonus;   (g) displaying the first initial card of player and dealer and resolving the wager of one card bonus after compare player's one to dealer's one card;   (h) receiving a play bet value when player signal play;   (i) dealing three cards to player and dealer face down;   (j) displaying first initial card of player and dealer and resolving the wager of one card bonus after compare player's one to dealer's one card;   (k) allowing player review all six cards and arrange them into three poker hands, one card hand, two cards hand and three cards hand; computer sets six cards into three hand according to a house way;   (l) determining the rank of three poker hands and resolving the three poker hands by compare the three hands of player to the three hands of dealer;   (m) assigning a rank value to the rank of the final poker hand;   (n) calculating a payoff using the rank value and the bet value as indices in the selected payoff table.