Gaming system and method for displaying pot amounts to facilitate calculation of pot odds for pot dependent wagers
OwnerRobert Blairinventor
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Abstract
A gaming system having a live table game and capable of displaying real-time calculations of pot levels is provided. The gaming system includes a tracking system including an chip identifier for identifying the amount of each wager for each player position. In one embodiment, after identifying a wager the tracking system communicates the wager amount to a processor, and the processor calculates the value of the pot, the minimum allowable wager, the minimum allowable raise, and the maximum allowable wager. Each of these amounts are displayed to the players through one or more display devices.
Claims22
A gaming system operated at least partially under control of at least one processor, said gaming system comprising:
- a table for a live card game, said table including a support structure, a playing surface, a plurality of player positions, a dealer position and at least one wagering area, and wherein said card game employs at least one deck of playing cards;
- a tracking system including a chip identifier, said chip identifier operable to identify one or more chips which represent an amount of each wager placed in the at least one wagering area, wherein the tracking system is operable to communicate the wager amounts to the processor;
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- at least one display device operable to display a value of a pot for each play of the card game at the table to each of a plurality of players at the table and to a dealer at the table, wherein the processor is operable to calculate the value of the pot for each play of the card game after each wager for plays of the card game at the table.
A gaming system operated at least partially under control of at least one processor, said gaming system comprising:
- a table for a live poker game, said table including a support structure, a playing surface, a plurality of player positions, a dealer position and at least one wagering area, wherein said poker game employs at least one deck of playing cards;
- a tracking system including at least one chip identifier, said chip identifier operable to identify one or more chips which represent an amount of each wager placed at each wagering area for a play of the card game at the table, wherein the tracking system is operable to communicate the wager amounts to the processor;
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- a plurality of display devices, the dealer position and the player positions each including one of said plurality of display devices, wherein the processor is operable to cause each of the display devices to display a value of a pot for at least one play of the poker game at the table after at least one wager for plays of the poker game at the table.
A gaming system operated at least partially under control of at least one processor, said gaming system comprising:
- a table for a live poker game, said table including a support structure, a playing surface, a plurality of player positions, a dealer position and at least one wagering area, wherein said poker game employs at least one deck of playing cards;
- a tracking system including at least one chip identifier, said chip identifier operable to identify one or more chips which represent an amount of each wager placed in the wagering area for plays of the card game at the table, wherein the tracking system is operable to communicate the wager amounts to the processor;
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- at least one display device, wherein the processor is operable to cause the display device to display, after each wager for the play of the poker game at the table, a total value of the pot and a value selected from the group consisting of:
- a minimum wager;
- a minimum raise;
- and a maximum wager.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.