Super royal video poker
OwnerIra Davidinventor
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Abstract
The player is randomly dealt an initial poker hand, optionally of five cards, from a composite deck formed from two or more subdecks of cards. The player decides which of the initial cards to discard, if any, retaining the remaining cards from the dealt hand. The player receives replacement cards to replace the discarded cards. The player's final poker hand consists of the player's retained cards and the dealt replacement cards. The dealer evaluates the poker hand so reconstituted against a prespecified payoff table, and the player loses the game wager or receives a reward, as indicated in that payoff table. The payoff table determines the reward for a final hand based on the combination of suit, value, and source subdeck of the cards comprising that final hand.
Claims11
A method for conducting a card game for one or more players using playing cards, or electronic representations thereof, comprising:
- a composite deck of playing cards comprising:
- a plurality of source subdecks of playing cards, each subdeck substantially equivalent to an identifiable non-null subset of a deck of playing cards, where a full deck shall constitute a permissible subset thereby allowing multiple occurrences of cards matching in suit and value having discernibly different subdeck identifications;
- each player making a game wager;
- each player receiving a hand of n cards, selected randomly from said composite deck;
- each player discarding from zero thru m cards from his initial dealt hand;
- each player receiving a replacement card for each discarded card, said replacement cards selected randomly from previously undistributed cards in said composite deck;
- examining each player's hand, consisting of cards held from initial cards dealt, supplemented with replacement cards distributed to replace cards discarded;
- comparing each player's hand to designated winning hands in a prespecified payoff table, said comparison based on the suits, values, and source subdecks of the cards constituting said player's hand;
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- rewarding each player according to determination of said payoff table.
The method of claim I wherein each subdeck consists of a standard deck of playing cards, supplemented by at least one joker.
A device for conducting an enhanced game of video poker for a player, comprising:
- a data processor;
- a display communicating with said data processor;
- an input device communicating with said data processor;
- a wager handling device communicating with said data processor comprising:
- a facility for wagerer to deposit amount to be wagered;
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- a facility for wagerer to receive a reward;
- a data structure storing a composite deck of electronic representations of playing cards, comprising:
- a plurality of subdecks of playing cards, each subdeck substantially equivalent to an identifiable non-null subset of a deck of playing cards, where a full deck shall constitute a permissible subset thereby permitting multiple occurrences of cards matching in suit and value having discernibly different deck identifications;
- said data structure further storing a wager field, a register of available credits for wager, a schedule of payouts, where such payouts are based on combinations of suit, value, and subdeck, and instructions executable by said processor for executing a method comprising:
- displaying said wagering field at said display;
- receiving input from said player through said input device indicating desired game wager;
- receiving input from said player indicating a completion of wagering;
- deducting from said amount available for wager the amount associated with said game wagers;
- selecting and distributing an initial hand of cards from said composite deck;
- displaying cards so selected at said display, including both the face of each card, indicating suit and value, and the back of each card, indicating source subdeck;
- receiving through said input device said player's choice for each card to either hold or discard said card;
- removing from player's hand all cards selected for discard;
- selecting and distributing replacement cards for each card selected for discard, said selecting to be made from previously undistributed cards in said composite deck;
- constituting said player's final hand from said retained cards and said replacement cards;
- comparing said final hand to schedule of payouts, such comparison to be based on suit, value, and subdeck of cards constituting said final hand;
- determine from said schedule of payouts whether a reward is to be issued and, if so, the amount of said reward, said reward being based on said schedule of payouts and said game wager;
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- where a reward is to be issued, add to said register of credits available to wager the reward determined for said final hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.