# US 2013/0157752 A1 · Methods of Playing Wagering Games and Related Apparatuses > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0157752 A1 - Document ID: US20130157752A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/757,628 - Filed: 2013-02-01 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2004-09-10 - Assignees: SHFL entertainment, Inc. - Inventors: Mark L. Yoseloff - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130157752A1 ## CPC - G07F 17/3244: {Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes} - A63F 1/00: Card games - A63F 3/00157: {Casino or betting games (horse races A63F3/00082)} - A63F 1/067: {Tables or similar supporting structures} - A63F 13/00: Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions - A63F 2001/005: {Poker} - A63F 2001/008: {adapted for being playable on a screen} - A63F 2003/00164: {Casino tables} - A63F 2003/00167: {with a jackpot} - A63F 2003/0017: {progressive jackpot} - G07F 17/322: {Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means} - G07F 17/3293: {Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Methods of administering wagering games may comprise receiving a first wager from each player. Cards comprising a partial hand, which may be three player cards available to respective players individually, may be dealt to each player. An election to fold or a second wager, which may be between one and four times an amount of the ante wager, at the player's option, to continue participation in the wagering game may be received from each player. Additional cards, which may be two community cards available to all players, may be dealt to complete the hand, which may be a five-card poker hand, of each player. The first and second wagers may be resolved and a payout may be paid on each of the first and second wagers to each player holding a complete hand of a predetermined rank, which may be a pair of jacks, or higher. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of administering a wagering game, comprising: receiving an ante wager from each player; dealing cards comprising a randomly ordered partial hand to each player; receiving from each player an election to fold or a play wager to continue participation in the wagering game of between one time and four times an amount of the ante wager; dealing additional cards to complete the hand of each player to all players who did not fold; and resolving the ante and play wagers, paying a payout on each of the ante and play wagers to each player holding a complete hand of a predetermined rank or higher, and collecting the ante and play wagers of each player holding a complete hand ranked lower than the predetermined rank. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein paying the payout to each player holding the complete hand of the predetermined rank or higher comprises paying the payout to each player holding a pair of jacks or better. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising returning the ante and play wagers to each participating player holding a complete hand ranked between a pair of sixes and a pair of tens. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving from at least one player an election to stay without folding or making the play wager to continue participation in the wagering game. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein paying the payout to each player holding the complete hand of the predetermined rank or higher comprises paying the payout according to a pay table, with increasing amounts being paid for increasingly unlikely hands. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the partial hand of cards dealt to each player consists of three cards, and the additional cards consists of two community cards wherein resolving the ante and play wagers comprises determining a best five-card poker hand from the cards available to each player and comparing the best five-card poker hand to a pay table predetermining which ranks of five-card poker hands constitute winning ranks. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein dealing the cards comprising the partial hand to each player comprises dealing three player cards to each player, which player cards are available to respective players individually. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein dealing the additional cards to complete the hand of each player comprises dealing two community cards available to all players. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving an additional wager from at least one player; resolving the additional wager and paying a payout to the at least one player holding a partial hand of a predetermined rank or higher composed solely of the cards initially dealt to the at least one player. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein paying the payout to the at least one player holding the partial hand of the predetermined rank or higher comprises paying the payout to the at least one player holding a three-card poker hand of a pair or better. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein paying the payout comprises paying the payout on the additional wager even if a respective player made the election to fold. ### Claim 12 A method of administering a wagering game, comprising: receiving an ante wager from each player and placing the ante wager in a first pot; dealing three randomly ordered player cards comprising a partial hand to each player, which player cards are available to respective players individually; receiving from each player an election to fold or a play wager to continue participation in the wagering game of between one time and four times an amount of the ante wager, with any play wagers being added to the first pot; dealing two additional community cards available to all players to complete a five-card poker hand of each player; and resolving the ante and play wagers, taking a rake on the first pot, and paying at least a portion of a remainder of the first pot to each player holding a complete five-card poker hand ranked a pair of jacks or higher. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising returning the ante and play wagers to each participating player holding a complete hand ranked between a pair of sixes and a pair of tens. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving from at least one player an election to stay without folding or increasing the wager to continue participation in the wagering game. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein paying the payout to each player holding the complete hand of the predetermined rank or higher comprises paying the payout according to a pay table, with relatively larger proportions of the first pot being paid for increasingly unlikely hands. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising: receiving a bonus wager from at least one player before dealing the three player cards and adding the bonus wager to a second, progressively pooled pot; and resolving the bonus wager, taking a rake on the second pot, and paying a remainder of the second pot to the at least one player holding a predetermined winning hand combination. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein paying the remainder of the second pot comprises paying the remainder of the second pot even if a respective player made the election to fold after the ante wager. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising adding the first pot to the second pot if the highest-ranked five-card poker hand held by a player is ranked lower than a pair of sixes. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 and further comprising receiving pot bet wager that is pooled in a third pot, wherein the third pot is awarded to a player holding a highest ranking poker hand of the players who made the pot bet wager. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the pot bet wager is not raked. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the pot bet wager has no house advantage. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the pot bet wager is mandatory. ### Claim 23 An automated table system for administering a wagering game, comprising: at least one display screen; at least one player input; and at least one processor operatively connected to the at least one display screen and the at least one player input, the at least one processor being configured to administer a wagering game using the at least one display screen and the at least one player input by being programmed to: receive an ante wager from each player via the at least one player input; display three player cards comprising a partial hand to each player on the at least one display screen, which player cards are available to respective players individually; receive from each player an election to fold or a play wager to continue participation in the wagering game of between one time and four times an amount of the ante wager via the at least one player input; display two additional community cards available to all players on the at least one display screen to complete a five-card poker hand of each player; and resolve the ante and play wagers, authorize paying a payout on each of the ante and play wagers to each player holding a complete five-card poker hand ranked a pair of jacks or higher, and authorize collecting the ante and play wagers of each player holding a complete hand ranked lower than the predetermined rank. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The automated table system of claim 23, wherein the at least one processor is further programmed to: receive a bonus wager from at least one player via the at least one player input before displaying the three player cards; resolve the bonus wager and authorize paying a payout to the at least one player holding a partial hand forming a three-card poker hand ranked a pair or higher and composed solely of the three player cards initially dealt to the at least one player.