Method of playing a poker game with card back hands
AssigneeCard Back Gaming Corporation
InventorsStephen Eugene Ashley, Kristine Marie Ashley
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Abstract
The method of the present invention is directed to a poker card game, preferably a video card game such as played on a computer screen or in a video poker machine such as found at a casino, wherein on a single wager the poker player plays a face down hand, called a card back hand, and a face up poker hand. The card back hand, played either prior to or after playing the face up hand, is a random dealt hand and, if winning criteria are met, establishes a payout greater than the normal payout on preselected winning face up poker hands. This increases the potential payout on a given poker wager, while using a standard poker deal and playing method for the face up poker hand.
Claims25
A method of playing a poker card game comprising the steps of:
- a) selecting a wager for said poker card game;
- b) randomly dealing a face up poker hand of three or more cards all having the card faces up;
- c) establishing a face up poker hand payout determined by a preestablished table displaying a payout for various poker hands;
- d) from a deck of cards having substantially identical card backs but with a number of said card backs having a first payout symbol, said number falling within the range of one to the number of cards in the face up poker hand plus three, randomly dealing a card back hand of two or more cards all having the card backs up;
- e) establishing a card back hand payout determined by the occurrence of at least one of said card backs in said card back hand having said payout symbol;
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- f) determining a final payout taking together said card back hand payout and said poker hand payout.
A method of playing a poker card game comprising the steps of:
- a) selecting a wager for said poker card game;
- b) from a deck of cards having substantially identical card backs but with a number of said card backs having a first payout symbol, said number falling within the range of one to the number of cards in the face up poker hand plus three, dealing a card back hand of at least three cards all having the card backs up;
- c) establishing a card back hand payout determined by the number of the card backs appearing with said payout symbol in said card back hand;
- d) storing said card back hand payout;
- e) randomly dealing a separate poker hand of three or more cards all having the card faces up;
- f) establishing a poker hand payout from the cards in said poker hand;
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- g) determining a final payout taking together said card back hand payout and said poker hand payout.
A method of playing a poker card game comprising the steps of:
- a) selecting a wager for said poker card game;
- b) randomly dealing a poker hand of three or more cards all having the card faces up;
- c) establishing a poker hand payout determined by a preestablished table displaying a payout for various poker hands;
- d) determining a dealing pattern to display said card backs with one position in such display representing a payout position;
- e) from a deck of cards with a limited number of cards less than a standard fifty-two card deck with the cards of said deck of cards having substantially identical card backs but with one of said cards having a card back displaying a payout symbol, randomly dealing a card back hand of all of said cards all having the card backs up;
- f) establishing a card back hand payout determined by the position of said card back having said payout symbol relative to said payout position of said predetermined dealing pattern;
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- g) determining a final payout taking together said card back hand payout and said poker hand payout.
A method of playing a card back card game comprising the steps of:
- a) from a deck of cards with a predetermined number of said cards having card backs having at least one payout symbol, randomly dealing a card back hand of two or more cards all having the card backs up;
- b) displaying a preestablished table providing a payout for various card back hands;
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- c) establishing a card back hand payout determined by the occurrence of at least one of the card backs in said card back hand having said payout symbol.
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