Method of Playing Pai Gow Poker
OwnerKevin Chaninventor
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Abstract
The invention is an improved version of poker wherein the house collects no commission or percentage of the winnings from the dealer-player or other players. Instead, the players place initial ante bets, review their dealt seven card hands, and determine whether they want to continue playing. If the player wishes to continue, the player places an additional bet, which matches the initial ante bet. If the player does not wish to continue, the player folds and loses the ante bet. The house has no need to charge a commission because it makes money by collecting the forfeited antes.
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A method for playing an improved game of Pai Gow poker, the steps comprising:
- placing a first bet by one or more players;
- dealing a hand of seven cards to said one or more players and a banker;
- wherein said one or more players review said hand of seven cards and determine whether to continue playing or folding;
- wherein said one or more players continuing to play place a second bet, and wherein said folding players forfeit said first bet;
- wherein a house collects said forfeited first bets;
- arranging said hand of seven cards into a five card high hand and a two card low hand by said banker and by said one or more players continuing to play;
- exposing said hands of said banker and of said one or more players continuing to play;
- determining a winner between said banker and said one or more players continuing to play based on a standard rules of Pai Gow poker;
- wherein said winning banker collects said first bet and said second bet from one or more losing players continuing to play;
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- wherein said winning players continuing to play collect an even money payout to said first bet and said second bet from said banker.
A method for playing an improved game of Pai Gow poker, the steps comprising:
- placing a first bet by one or more players;
- dealing a hand of seven cards to said one or more players and a banker;
- wherein said one or more players review said hand of seven cards and determine whether to continue playing or folding;
- wherein said one or more players continuing to play place a second bet, and wherein said folding players forfeit said first bet;
- wherein a house collects said forfeited first bets;
- wherein said banker reviews said banker hand of seven cards and determines whether said banker hand of seven cards is a qualifying hand;
- wherein if said banker does not have said qualifying hand, then said banker without said qualifying hand pays said one or more players continuing to play on said first bet;
- arranging, if said banker has said qualifying hand, said hand of seven cards into a five card high hand and a two card low hand by said banker and by said one or more players continuing to play;
- exposing said hands of said banker and of said one or more players continuing to play;
- determining a winner between said banker and said one or more players continuing to play based on a standard rules of Pai Gow poker;
- wherein said winning banker collects said first bet and said second bet from one or more losing players continuing to play;
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- wherein said winning players continuing to play collect an even money payout to said first bet and said second bet from said banker.
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