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US 2016/0110959 A1Published application
Sub-game constructed variable hand poker
OwnerAndrew Felsher, Julie Uribeinventors
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of playing a card game, which in some embodiments resembles poker. Players construct their hands by playing a sub-game, wherein their performance in the sub-game determines the number of cards in their hands. Players then attempt to construct the best poker hand possible based on a minimum hand-size, with some players with larger actual hand-sizes having more cards in which to do so. In some embodiments, the sub-game resembles a hi-low card game. Various betting schemes can be applied to the methods according to the present disclosure.
Claims20
A method of playing a card game at a table or on a machine, comprising:
- determining a minimum and a maximum hand size and ranking values of possible hands from a pool of cards, said pool of cards comprising cards with at least two different values;
- playing a sub-game in which at least one player is dealt a player hand, the number of cards in said player hand determined by the card play of said at least one player during said sub-game;
- dealing cards to a dealer to provide a dealer hand comprising a number of cards equal to the number of cards in said player hand;
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- comparing said player hand and said dealer hand to determine which hand has a higher ranking value.
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A method of playing a card game at a table or on a machine, comprising:
- determining a minimum and a maximum hand size and ranking values of possible hands from a pool of cards, said pool of cards comprising cards with at least two different values;
- playing a sub-game in which two or more players are each dealt cards, with a first player being dealt a first player hand and a second player being dealt a second player hand, the number of cards in said first player hand determined by the card play of said first player during said sub-game and the number of cards in said second player hand determined by the card play of said second player during said sub-game;
- determining which of said first player hand and said second player hand comprises the fewest number of cards;
- dealing cards to a dealer to provide a dealer hand comprising a number of cards equal to the fewest number of cards between said first player hand and said second player hand;
- comparing said dealer hand and said hand comprising the fewest number of cards to determine which has a higher ranking value;
- dealing additional cards to said dealer such that the cards in said dealer hand is equal to the hand comprising the greater number of cards between said first player hand and said second player hand;
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- comparing said dealer hand and said hand comprising the greater number of cards between said first player hand and said second player hand to determine which hand has a higher ranking value.
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A method of playing a card game at a table or on a machine, comprising:
- determining a minimum and a maximum hand size and ranking values of possible hands from a pool of cards, said pool of cards comprising cards with at least two different values;
- playing a sub-game in which two or more players are each dealt cards, with a first player being dealt a first player hand and a second player being dealt a second player hand, the number of cards in said first player hand determined by the card play of said first player during said sub-game and the number of cards in said second player hand determined by the card play of said second player during said sub-game;
- determining which of said first player hand and said second player hand comprises the fewest number of cards;
- dealing cards to a dealer to provide a first dealer hand comprising a number of cards equal to the fewest number of cards between said first player hand and said second player hand;
- comparing said first dealer hand and said hand comprising the fewest number of cards to determine which has a higher ranking value;
- dealing a new hand of cards to said dealer such that said dealer is dealt a second dealer hand comprising a number of cards equal to the hand comprising the greater number of cards between said first player hand and said second player;
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- comparing said second dealer hand and said hand comprising the greater number of cards between said first player hand and said second player hand to determine which hand has a higher ranking value.
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