US 6,135,453 AGranted

Method and apparatus for playing a high/low poker game

OwnerSongsak Srichayaporninventor

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Abstract

A method of playing a high/low poker game includes each seated player placing a first high hand wager in a first high hand betting location and a first low hand wager in a first low hand betting location; each seated player optionally placing one or more additional wagers in one or more additional high hand or low hand betting locations; each seated player designating at least two cards or tiles selected from an initial hand as a high hand and designating at least two cards or tiles from an initial hand as a low hand; determining winners and paying wagers for the first high hand and first low hand betting locations by comparing the relative rank of the seated players' high hands and low hands, respectively; and, if a seated player placed a wager in one or more additional high hand or low hand betting locations, then determining winners and paying wagers for each additional high hand betting location and each additional low hand betting location. A banking version of a high/low poker game additionally includes the step of a dealer setting out a dealer high hand and a dealer low hand to which the player's hands will be compared. In addition, an apparatus for playing a high/low poker game includes a playing area with at least two player stations designated to provide a high hand placement location; a low hand placement location; two or more high hand betting locations; and two or more low hand betting locations.

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A method of playing a high/low poker game, the method comprising the steps of:

a) each of two or more players placing a first high hand wager in a first high hand betting location and a first low hand wager in a first low hand betting location;
b) each of the players optionally placing one or more additional wagers in one or more additional high hand or low hand betting locations;
c) a dealer dealing an initial hand of at least four hierarchical indicators to each of the players;
d) each of the players designating at least two hierarchical indicators selected from the initial hand as a high hand and designating at least two hierarchical indicators from the initial hand as a low hand;
e) determining a first high hand or first high hand winners for the first high hand betting location by:
I) comparing the relative rank of the players' high hands;
II) determining the highest ranking hand of the players' high hands;
and
III) declaring each of the players having the highest ranking hand a first high hand winner;
f) paying the wagers in the first high hand betting location to the first high hand winner and, in the event of a tie, dividing the wagers in the first high hand betting location among the first high hand winners;
g) determining winners for the first low hand betting location by:
I) comparing the relative rank of the players' low hands;
II) determining the lowest ranking hand of the players' low hands;
and
III) declaring each of the players having the lowest ranking hand a first low hand winner;
h) paying the wagers in the first low hand betting location to the first low hand winner and, in the event of a tie, dividing the wagers in the first low hand betting location among the first low hand winners;
and
i) if at least one seated player placed a wager in one or more additional high hand or low hand betting locations, then determining winners and paying wagers for each additional high hand betting location and each additional low hand betting location.

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A method of playing a high/low poker game, the method comprising the steps of:

a) each of two or more players placing a first high hand wager in a first high hand betting location and a first low hand wager in a first low hand betting location, wherein the first high hand wager and first low hand wager made by each player may be different;
b) each seated player optionally placing one or more additional wagers in one or more additional high hand or low hand betting locations;
c) a dealer dealing an initial hand of at least four hierarchical indicators to each of the players and setting out a dealer high hand and a dealer low hand;
d) each seated player designating at least two hierarchical indicators selected from the initial hand as a high hand and designating at least two hierarchical indicators from the initial hand as a low hand;
e) determining winners for the first high hand betting location by:
I) comparing the relative rank of each player's high hand to the dealer's high hand;
II) determining the highest ranking hand of the players' high hands;
and
III) declaring each of the players having a hand that ranks higher than the dealer's high hand a first high hand winner;
f) paying to one of the first high hand winners an amount equivalent to the one first high hand winner's first high hand wager, and continuing the step of paying to one of the first high hand winners until each of the first high hand winners has been paid;
g) determining winners for the first low hand betting location by:
I) comparing the relative rank of each seated player's low hand to the dealer's low hand;
II) determining the lowest ranking hand of the players' low hands;
and
III) declaring each of the players having a hand that ranks lower than the dealer's low hand a first low hand winner;
h) paying to one of the first low hand winners an amount equivalent to the one first low hand winner's first low hand wager, and continuing the step of paying to one of the first low hand winners until each of the first low hand winners has been paid;
and
i) if at least one seated player placed a wager in one or more additional high hand or low hand betting locations, then determining winners and paying wagers for each additional high hand betting location and each additional low hand betting location.

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