Wagering game variation based on omaha poker

Abstract

A wagering event includes: a) a player position posting a blind game wager; b) the player and a dealer position receive five down cards; c) a three-card community card flop is placed; d) the player must make a play wager of at least 1× of the game wager, or folds; e) after the play wager, the dealer position hand is turned over and the turn and river cards are dealt to the community cards; f) flop and river wagers are optional or non-existent wagers; g) two cards from the player position five-card hand are positioned at a designated location on a gaming table (e.g., under the play wager, turn or river wager); and h) the player position must make a hand rank with a straight or better, and beat the dealer. If the player position wins, he is paid according to a pay table.

1 . A method of performing a wagering event comprises:
 providing a randomized set of a single deck of at least 52 physical playing cards;   a player position posting a blind game wager;   the player position and a dealer position receive five down physical playing cards from the randomized set;   a three-card community physical playing card flop from the randomized set of at least 52 physical playing cards is placed face up;   the player position must make a play wager of at least 1× of the game wager, or folds to end the wagering event;   after making the play wager, the dealer position hand is turned over and a turn card and a river card are dealt from the randomized set of at least 52 physical playing card to form a set of five community physical playing cards;   two physical playing cards from the player position five-card physical playing card hand are positioned at a designated location on a gaming table; and   wagers are resolved with at least the blind game wager or the play wager against a paytable, wherein the player position, using the two physical playing cards from the player position five-card physical playing card hand and three physical playing cards from the set of physical playing card community cards:
 a) must make a five-card poker hand rank with a straight or better, and beat the dealer hand of physical playing cards according to 5-card poker ranks to win, 
 b) ties in 5-card ranks of physical playing card hands push all wagers, and 
 c) a player position hand 5-card poker rank lower than the dealer position 5-card poker hand loses both the game wager and play wager. 
   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein optional or mandatory wagers are placed at the player position after one or both of the turn card and the river card are dealt. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2  wherein resolution of the wagers on the turn card or river card are paid at 1:1. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the designated location is a marked area on a gaming table in front of the player position. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the designated location is a marked area on a gaming table in front of the player position where a particular wager is also to be placed. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5  wherein the designated location is the marked area where the play wager must be placed. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the player position receives a bonus wager at least equal to the game wager before the player position and the dealer position receive five physical playing card down cards from the randomized set of at least 52 physical playing cards and before the player position physical cards are viewed at the player position. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the bonus wager is resolved against a distinct paytable for 5-card poker hands different from any paytable used to resolve game wagers of play wagers. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the bonus wager is resolved according to the distinct paytable whether or not the player position hand wins against the dealer position hand on the game wager and play wager in comparing 5-card poker hands. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the bonus wager is resolved against the distinct paytable without a necessity of a dealer position qualifying five-card poker hand rank. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the bonus wager is resolved against the distinct paytable only with a dealer position qualifying five-card poker hand rank of a predefined minimum rank. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the bonus wager is resolved on a basis of three-card poker valuation of three physical playing cards remaining at the player position after the two physical playing cards from the player position five-card physical playing card hand are positioned at a designated location on a gaming table. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1  wherein a best-of-five low-hand five-card poker rank is also separately made from the player position hand and community set, and the dealer position hand and community set, such that the player position hand must win the high five-card poker rank hand and at least not lose the low five-card poker hand rank to win. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13  wherein the dealer position hand must have a qualifying maximum rank for the dealer position low five-card poker rank for the player to win on the game wager and play wager. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13  wherein when the player position hands win both the high poker rank hand and the low poker hand rank, the player position is paid according to a pay table. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13  wherein if the player position wins the high poker hand rank against the dealer position but loses the low poker hand rank against the dealer position, all wagers push. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 13  wherein if the player position wins the low poker hand rank against the dealer position low poker hand rank but loses against the high poker hand rank, all wagers push. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 13  wherein if the player position wins with both a high poker hand rank hand and a low poker hand rank hand against the dealer position, at least one of the game wager and the play wager is paid according to a pay table.