Method of playing a poker game using combined decks

A method of playing a poker-type card game comprising:

• combining a composite deck of playing cards including a first deck of playing cards, said first deck having a full standard deck of 52 playing cards or a portion of a standard deck of 52 playing cards and second deck of playing cards, said second deck of playing cards having a full 48 card pinochle deck or a portion of a pinochle deck to change the probability of occurrence of specific hand types in the playing hands from the probability of occurrence in a standard fifty-two card playing deck while maintaining that the probability of each individual card is equal,
• randomizing said composite deck,
• distributing a hand from said composite playing deck to each of a selected number of players,
• each player selecting which, if any, of the cards to discard from their hand,
• distributing an additional card or cards to each of the players desiring additional cards for each player remaining in the game to create a final hand for each player remaining in the game, and
• each player evaluating the poker hand using conventional poker hand rankings.

A method of playing a poker-type card game comprising:

• combining a composite playing deck of playing cards including a standard fifty-two playing card deck and a full pinochle deck of playing cards to change the probability of occurrence of specific hand types from the probability of occurrence in a standard fifty-two card playing deck while maintaining that the probability of each individual card is equal,
• randomizing said composite deck,
• distributing a five card hand from said composite playing deck to each of a selected number of players,
• each player selecting which, if any, of the cards to discard from their hand,
• distributing an additional card or cards to each of the players desiring additional cards for each player remaining in the game to create a final five card hand for each player remaining in the game, and
• each player evaluating the poker hand using conventional poker hand rankings.

A method of playing a poker-type card game comprising:

• combining and randomizing a composite playing deck of playing cards including a first deck playing cards, said first deck having a full standard deck of 52 playing cards or a portion of a standard deck of 52 playing cards and a second deck of playing cards, said second deck of playing cards having a full 48 card pinochle deck or a portion of a pinochle deck.
• distributing a hand from said composite playing deck to each of a selected number of players, each player selecting which, if any, of the cards to discard from their hand,
• distributing an additional card or cards to each of the players desiring additional cards for each player remaining in the game to create a final hand for each player remaining in the game, and
• each player evaluating the poker hand using conventional poker hand rankings,
• said first deck being minus one rank for a total of forty-eight cards.

A method of playing a poker-type card game comprising:

• combining and randomizing a composite playing deck of playing cards including a first deck of playing cards, said first deck having a full standard deck of 52 playing cards or a portion of a standard deck of 52 playing cards and a portion of a second deck of playing cards different from said first deck,
• distributing a hand from said composite playing deck to each of a selected number of players, each player selecting which, if any, of the cards to discard from their hand,
• distributing an additional card or cards to each of the players desiring additional cards for each player remaining in the game to create a final hand for each player remaining in the game, and
• each player evaluating the poker hand using conventional poker hand rankings,
• said second deck being a full forty-eight card pinochle deck having two each of the ace, king, queen, jack, ten and nine of all suits for a total of one hundred cards when said decks are combined.

A method of playing a poker-type card game comprising:

• combining and randomizing a composite playing deck of playing cards including a first deck of playing cards, said first deck having a full standard deck of 52 playing cards or a portion of a standard deck of 52 playing cards and a portion of a second deck of playing cards different from said first deck.
• distributing a hand from said composite playing deck to each of a selected number of players, each player selecting which, if any, of the cards to discard from their hand,
• distributing an additional card or cards to each of the players desiring additional cards for each player remaining in the game to create a final hand for each player remaining in the game, and
• each player evaluating the poker hand using conventional poker hand rankings,
• said second deck being one half of a full forty-eight card pinochle deck having the ace, king, queen, jack, ten and nine of each suit for a total of seventy-six cards when said decks are combined.

A method of playing a poker-type card game comprising:

• combining and randomizing a composite playing deck of playing cards including a first deck playing cards, said first deck having a full standard deck of 52 playing cards or a portion of a standard deck of 52 playing cards and a portion of a second deck of playing cards different from said first deck,
• distributing a hand from said composite playing deck to each of a selected number of players, each player selecting which, if any, of the cards to discard from their hand,
• distributing an additional card or cards to each of the players desiring additional cards for each player remaining in the game to create a final hand for each player remaining in the game, and
• each player evaluating the poker hand using conventional poker hand rankings,
• said second deck being one-eighth of a full forty-eight card pinochle deck having the ace, king, queen, jack, ten and nine of one suit for a total of fifty-eight cards when said decks are combined.

A method of playing a poker-type card game comprising:

• combining and randomizing a composite playing deck of playing cards including a first deck of playing cards, said first deck having a full standard deck of 52 playing cards or a portion of a standard deck of 52 playing card and a portion of a second deck of playing cards different from said first deck,
• distributing a hand from said composite playing deck to each of a selected number of players, each player selecting which, if any, of the cards to discard from their hand,
• distributing an additional card or cards to each of the players desiring additional cards for each player remaining in the game to create a final hand for each player remaining in the game, and
• each player evaluating the poker hand using conventional poker hand rankings,
• said second deck being one card less than one-eighth of a forty-eight card pinochle deck having the ace, king, queen, jack and ten of one suit for a total of fifty-seven cards when said decks are combined.

A method of playing a poker-type card game comprising:

• combining and randomizing a composite playing deck of playing cards including a first deck playing cards, said first deck having a full standard deck of 52 playing cards or a portion of a standard deck of 52 playing card and a portion of a second deck of playing cards different from said first deck,
• distributing a hand from said composite playing deck to each of a selected number of players, each player selecting which, if any, of the cards to discard from their hand,
• distributing an additional card or cards to each of the players desiring additional cards for each player remaining in the game to create a final hand for each player remaining in the game, and
• each player evaluating the poker hand using conventional poker hand rankings,
• said second deck being one-sixth of a forty-eight card pinochle deck including, for example, all queens for a total of sixty cards when said decks are combined.