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US 6,712,360 B2Granted
Casino card game
OwnerRobert Terry Yapleinventor
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Abstract
A method of playing a poker game using a standard deck of cards, a first die having indicia representative of Jokers and numbers, a second die having indicia representative of numbers, and Joker icons, wherein the number of cards and Joker icons from which a player builds the best possible five card poker hand is determined by rolling the dice.
Claims19
A method of playing a poker game involving at least one player and a dealer, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a standard 52 card deck of playing cards, a first die having sides with indicia, a second die having sides with indicia, and a plurality of Joker icons;
- wherein said first die has at least one side having indicia representative of a Joker and at least one side having indicia representative of a number, with the remaining sides having indicia representative of either a number or a Joker;
- wherein each side of said second die has indicia representative of a number;
- rolling said first die and second die, dealing to said at least one player the number of cards corresponding to the total of the numbers rolled on said first die and said second die, and further providing a Joker icon said at least one first player if said Joker indicia was rolled;
- dealing three cards to said dealer and providing a Joker icon to said dealer;
- dealing two additional cards to said at least one player;
- dealing two additional cards to said dealer;
- determining the best five card poker hand from said cards or from said cards and said Joker icon dealt to said at least one player, wherein said Joker icon is designated to represent any card by said at least one player if possessed by said at least one player;
- determining the best five card poker hand from said cards and Joker icon dealt to said dealer;
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- comparing said best five card poker hand of said at least one player to said best five card poker hand of said dealer to determine the winner.
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A method of playing a poker game involving multiple players and a dealer, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a standard 52 card deck of playing cards, a first die having sides with indicia, a second die having sides with indicia, and a plurality of Joker icons;
- wherein said first die has at least one side having indicia representative of a Joker and at least one side having indicia representative of a number, with the remaining sides having indicia representative of either a number or a Joker;
- wherein each side of said second die has indicia representative of a number;
- placing an ante bet by each of said multiple players;
- rolling said first die and second by each of said multiple players in turn, dealing in turn to each of said multiple players the number of cards corresponding to the total of the numbers rolled on said first die and said second die, and further providing a Joker icon to each of said multiple players if said Joker indicia was rolled;
- dealing three cards to said dealer and providing a Joker icon to said dealer;
- folding or placing a bet by each of said multiple players in turn;
- dealing in turn a first card of two additional cards to each of said multiple players remaining and to said dealer;
- staying pat or placing raise bet by each of said multiple players remaining;
- dealing in turn a second card of two additional cards to each of said multiple players remaining and to said dealer;
- staying pat or placing a raise bet by each of said multiple players remaining;
- determining the best five card poker hand from said cards or from said cards and said Joker icon dealt to each of said multiple players, wherein said Joker icon is designated to represent any card by each of said multiple players possessing said Joker icon;
- determining the best five card poker hand from said cards and Joker icon dealt to said dealer;
- and
- comparing said best five card poker hand of each of said multiple players to said best five card poker hand of said dealer to determine the winner.
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A method of playing a poker game involving multiple players and a dealer, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a standard 52 card deck of playing cards, a first die having sides with indicia, a second die having sides with indicia, and a plurality of Joker icons;
- wherein said first die is provided with three sides of said first die with indicia representative of a Joker, two sides of said first die with indicia representative of the number two, and one side of said first die with indicia representative of the number one;
- wherein each side of said second die is provided with three sides of said second die with indicia representative of the number two, two sides of said second die with indicia representative of the number four, and one side of said second die with indicia representative of the number three;
- placing an ante bet by each of said multiple players;
- rolling said first die said second die by each of said multiple players in turn, dealing in turn to each of said multiple players the number of cards corresponding to the total of the numbers rolled on said first die and said second die, and further providing a Joker icon to each of said multiple players if said Joker indicia was rolled;
- dealing three cards to said dealer, one of said three cards being dealt face up, and providing a Joker icon to said dealer;
- folding or placing a bet by each of said multiple players in turn;
- dealing in turn face up first card of two additional cards to each of said multiple players remaining and to said dealer;
- staying pat or placing a raise bet by each of said multiple players remaining;
- dealing in turn face up a second card of two additional cards to each of said multiple players remaining and to said dealer,
- staying pat or placing raise bet by each of said multiple players remaining;
- determining the best five card poker hand from said cards or from said cards and said Joker icon dealt to each of said multiple players, wherein said Joker icon is designated to represent any card by each of said multiple players possessing said Joker icon;
- determining the best five card poker hand from said cards and Joker icon dealt to said dealer;
- and
- comparing said best five card poker hand of each of said multiple players to said best five card poker hand of said dealer to determine the winner.
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