US 6,102,402 A · Bad beat stud

Abstract

Each player makes an initial ante wager and then each player and the dealer receive five cards face down. The player makes a "first" wager to see a sixth card and a "second" wager to see a seventh card. The sixth and seventh cards are each community cards used by each player and the dealer. Each player's hand is analyzed to see if the player has a qualifying hand of at least a pair of Deuces or better. If the player does not qualify, all wagers are lost by the player. If the player's hand does qualify, all cards of the dealer's hand are turned face up and each player's hand is compared to the dealer's hand using conventional poker hand ranking to determined whether the player's hand has a higher ranking five card poker hand than the dealer's hand. Each player also optionally may make a side bet wager to be eligible for special payouts, including a "bad beat" payout. The special payout can take either of two forms: 1) the player wins preselected payout amounts for poker hand rankings of at least a Four-of-a-Kind if the player's hand beats or ties the dealer's hand, or 2) the player wins other preselected and much higher amounts for poker hand rankings of at least a Straight or higher that the player achieves but the player's hand loses to the dealer's hand. Alternatively, the dealer's hand is analyzed to determine whether the dealer has a qualifying hand.

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A method of playing a card game in which at least one player competes against a dealer comprising:

a) the player making a first ante wager to be eligible to play the card game;
b) dealing five cards to the player comprising the player's hand;
c) dealing five cards to dealer comprising the dealer's hand;
d) dealing a first community card and a second community card, both cards being dealt face down;
e) the player either folding and losing his ante wager or making a first wager to continue playing the card game;
f) turning face up the first community card;
g) the player either folding and losing his ante wager and first wager or making a second wager to continue playing the card game;
h) turning face up the second community card;
i) determining whether the player has a qualifying hand by examining the five cards in the player's hand with the two community cards;
j) if the player does not have a qualifying hand, the player loses all of the player's wagers;
k) if the player does have a qualifying hand, determining the best five card poker hand ranking of the player's hand from the five cards of the player's hand and the two community cards;
l) determining the best five card poker hand ranking of the dealer's hand from the five cards of the dealer's hand and the two community cards;
m) declaring the winner to be the higher poker ranking hand between the player's best five card poker hand and the dealer's five card poker hand;
n) if the player's hand is the winner, paying the player a pre-established amount based on the total amount of the player's wagers;
o) if the dealer's hand is the winner, the player loses the total amount of the player's wagers;
and
p) if the dealer's hand and the player's hand tie, returning the total amount of the player's wagers to the player.

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A method of playing a card game in which at least one player competes against a dealer comprising:

a) the player making a first ante wager to be eligible to play the card game;
b) dealing five cards to the player comprising the player's hand;
c) dealing five cards to dealer comprising the dealer's hand;
d) dealing a first community card and a second community card, both cards being dealt face down;
e) the player either folding and losing his ante wager or making a first wager to continue playing the card game;
f) turning face up the first community card;
g) the player either folding and losing his ante wager and first wager or making a second wager to continue playing the card game;
h) turning face up the second community card;
determining whether the dealer has a qualifying hand by examining the five cards in the dealer's hand with the two community cards;
j) if the dealer does not have a qualifying hand, the player pushes on all of the player's wagers;
k) if the dealer does have a qualifying hand, determining the best five card poker hand ranking of the player's hand from the five cards of the player's hand and the two community cards;
l) determining the best five card poker hand ranking of the dealer's hand from the five cards of the dealer's hand and the two community cards;
m) declaring the winner to be the higher poker ranking hand between the player's best five card poker hand and the dealer's five card poker hand;
n) if the player's hand is the winner, paying the player a pre-established amount based on the total amount of the player's wagers;
o) if the dealer's hand is the winner, the player loses the total amount of the player's wagers;
and
p) if the dealer's hand and the player's hand tie, returning the total amount of the player's wagers to the player.

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Summary1,442 words

#This application relates to a casino card game, and more particularly to a casino card game based on seven card stud poker. The method of play involves a dealer's five card hand, one or more player's five card hands and two community cards. The players also have the opportunity to win special payouts for having a "bad beat" hand.

#Seven card stud poker has been played for many years. Each player receives seven cards and makes the best five card poker hand from these seven cards. The ranking of poker hands in seven card stud uses conventional poker hand rankings: Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four-of-a-Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, Three-of-a-Kind, Two Pair, One Pair and Highest Card.

#Poker games using community cards have also been played for many years. These games generally fall into the family of games known as "Spit-in-the-Ocean" games. In these games each player is dealt one or more cards and the rest of the player's hand comes from community cards available to all players.

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#FIG. 1 shows the table layout used in the method of the play of the present invention.

#FIG. 2 shows an enlarged detail view of the table layout at a particular player location.

Detailed description2,778 words

#The method of the present invention involves a seven card stud poker game combined with an optional side bet involving a "bad beat" feature. The object of the method of play is for each player to beat the dealer's hand. Each player and the dealer play a seven card stud poker hand. Each player and the dealer are dealt separate five card hands. Two community cards, the "turn" card and the "river" card, are used by all players and the dealer to complete the seven card hands. Each player and the dealer use the best five card poker hand of the total seven cards.

#The "bad beat" feature comes into play when a player achieves a high ranking poker hand, but still loses to the dealer. When the player has a high ranking poker hand and suffers this "bad beat", the player wins all or a predesignated portion of a jackpot amount depending on the ranking of the poker hand held by the player. The jackpot amount can be either a fixed jackpot amount or a progressive jackpot amount.

#The seven card stud poker game is preferably played at a gaming table layout of the type shown generally at 10 in FIG. 1. A plurality of player positions 20 are located around the periphery of a semi-circular gaming table of the type used for live table gaming, such as a Twenty-One table. Each player position 20 has a wagering location 30 associated therewith, the details of each wagering location being shown in FIG. 2.

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