US 7,351,139 B2Granted

Royal game and method of playing

OwnerThomas E. Sawyerinventor

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Abstract

A game played in conjunction with card games and including an auxiliary feature. The game is playable in conjunction with standard card games, such as Poker, using a standard decks of cards or representations thereof. The game is further playable on a gaming table by players and a dealer using cards, or on a computer, other electronic medium, or slot machine. At the time of ante in the card game, each player optionally selects whether to participate in the auxiliary play, for example, by placing an auxiliary ante. Play then proceeds according to the rules of the underlying card game. A player participating in auxiliary play wins a bonus prize if the player does not fold in the underlying card game and if the player holds four “royal” cards (i.e., four face cards (10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace)) of the same suit (e.g., hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades).

Claims38

Dependent claims

A method for at least one player to play a card game comprising:

receiving a card game ante from each of the at least one player, the card game ante indicating participation in the card game, wherein the card game comprises a Poker game and an auxiliary play, the Poker game played according to the standard rules of Poker and having at least five cards per hand, wherein a card game payout corresponding to each hand is determined regardless of a dealer hand;
receiving an auxiliary play ante from each of the at least one player, the auxiliary play ante indicating participation in the auxiliary play, wherein the auxiliary play is based on the hand of the respective player in the Poker game, wherein the auxiliary play comprises a bonus prize corresponding to each hand having four royal cards out of the at least five cards, wherein the four royal cards comprise any four of an ace, a king, a queen, a jack, and a ten, and wherein the four royal cards comprise cards of the same suit;
dealing at least one card from at least one deck of cards to each remaining one of the at least one player in each of a plurality of rounds in accordance with the card game until the at least one player receives the at least five cards;
receiving a selection from each remaining one of the at least one player whether to wager in at least a first one of the plurality of rounds;
for each of the at least one player selecting to wager in the first one of the plurality of rounds, taking a first wager;
for each of the at least one player selecting not to wager in the first one of the plurality of rounds:
taking the card game ante;
taking the auxiliary play ante;
and
removing the respective player from the card game and the auxiliary game;
receiving a selection from each remaining one of the at least one player whether to wager in at least a second one of the plurality of rounds, wherein the second one of the plurality of rounds comes after the first one of the plurality of rounds;
for each of the at least one player selecting to wager in the second one of the plurality of rounds, taking a second wager;
for each of the at least one player, selecting not to wager in the second one of the plurality of rounds:
taking the card game ante;
taking the auxiliary play ante;
taking the first wager;
and
removing the respective player from the card game and the auxiliary game;
determining whether each of the at least one player remaining in the card game through the plurality of rounds, receiving the at least five cards, and participating in the auxiliary play was dealt the four royal cards out of the at least five cards;
and
for each one of the at least one player remaining in the card game through the plurality of rounds, receiving the at least five cards, and participating in the auxiliary play having the four royal cards out of the at least five cards, awarding the bonus prize.

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A system for at least one player to play a card game with representation of a cards, comprising:

at least one input device for the at least one player to input data for playing the card game;
a processor coupled to the at least one input device for receiving input data from the at least one input device;
and
at least one display device coupled to the processor for displaying display information;
wherein the processor is operable to:
receive a card game ante from each of the at least one player, the card game ante indicating participation in the card game, wherein the card game comprises a Poker game and an auxiliary game, the Poker game played according to the standard rules of Poker and having at least five cards per hand, wherein a card game payout corresponding to each hand is determined regardless of a dealer hand;
receive an auxiliary game ante from each of the at least one player, the auxiliary game ante indicating participation in the auxiliary game, wherein the auxiliary game is based on the hand of the respective player in the Poker game, wherein the auxiliary game comprises a bonus prize corresponding to each hand having four royal cards out of the at least five cards, wherein the four royal cards comprise any four of an ace, a king, a queen, a jack, and a ten, and wherein the four royal cards comprise cards of the same suit;
deal at least one card from at least one deck of cards to each remaining one of the at least one player in each of a plurality of rounds in accordance with the Poker game until the at least one player receives the at least five cards;
receive a selection from each remaining one of the at least one player whether to wager in at least a first one of the plurality of rounds;
for each of the at least one player selecting to wager in the first one of the plurality of rounds, take a first wager;
for each of the at least one player selecting not to wager in the first one of the plurality of rounds:
take the card game ante;
take the auxiliary game ante;
and
take the respective player out of the card game and the auxiliary game;
receive a selection from each remaining one of the at least one player whether to wager in at least a second one of the plurality of rounds, wherein the second one of the plurality of rounds comes after the first one of the plurality of rounds;
for each of the at least one player selecting to wager in the second one of the plurality of rounds, take a second wager;
for each of the at least one player, selecting not to wager in the second one of the plurality of rounds:
take the card game ante;
take the auxiliary game ante;
take the first wager;
and
remove the respective player from the card game and the auxiliary game;
determine whether each of the at least one player remaining in the card game through the plurality of rounds, receiving the at least five cards, and participating in the auxiliary game was dealt the four royal cards out of the at least five cards;
and
award the bonus prize for each one of the at least one player remaining in the card game through the plurality of rounds, receiving the at least five cards, and participating in the auxiliary game having the four royal cards out of the at least five cards.

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A method of playing a card game, comprising:

dealing to at least one player a hand of at least five cards from at least one deck of playing cards;
establishing a card game including each respective hand, wherein the card game comprises a Poker game portion and an auxiliary game portion, wherein the Poker game portion is playable in conjunction with the standard rules for Poker and comprises a Poker game payout, wherein the auxiliary game portion comprises a bonus prize, wherein both the Poker game payout and the bonus prize are based on the at least five cards in each respective hand, wherein the bonus prize corresponds to each respective hand having four royal cards out of the at least five cards, wherein the four royal cards comprise any four of an ace, a king, a queen, a jack, and a ten, and wherein the four royal cards comprise four cards of the same suit;
receiving a Poker game portion ante, at least one Poker game portion wager, and an auxiliary game portion ante from each of the at least one player, wherein the Poker game portion ante comprises an indication of participation in the Poker game portion, wherein the auxiliary game portion ante comprises an indication of participation in the auxiliary game portion;
for the Poker game portion of the card game, determining the Poker game payout for each hand based on the at least five cards in the respective hand, wherein determining the Poker game payout for each hand is further based on receiving the Poker game portion ante and the at least one Poker game portion wager;
and
for the auxiliary game portion of the card game, determining the bonus prize for each hand based on any four of the at least five cards in the respective hand comprising the four royal cards, wherein determining the bonus prize for each hand is further based on receiving the auxiliary game portion ante.

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A device for at least one player to play a card game with representations of cards, comprising:

an input device for the at least one player to input data for playing the card game;
a payment input for the at least one player to input payment;
a processor coupled to the input device for receiving the input data from the input device;
and
a display device coupled to the processor for displaying display information;
wherein the payment input is operable to receive a card game ante from each of the at least one player, the card game ante indicating participation in the card game, wherein the card game comprises a Poker game and an auxiliary game, the Poker game played according to the standard rules of Poker and having at least five cards per hand, wherein a card game payout corresponding to each hand is determined regardless of a dealer hand;
wherein the payment input is operable to receive an auxiliary game ante from each of the at least one player, the auxiliary game ante indicating participation in the auxiliary game, wherein the auxiliary game is based on the hand of the respective player in the Poker game, wherein the auxiliary game comprises a bonus prize corresponding to each hand having four royal cards out of the at least five cards, wherein the four royal cards comprise any four of an ace, a king, a queen, a jack, and a ten, and wherein the four royal cards comprise cards of the same suit;
wherein the processor is operable to:
deal at least one card from at least one deck of cards to each remaining one of the at least one player in each of a plurality of rounds in accordance with the card game until the at least one player receives the at least five cards;
receive a selection from each remaining one of the at least one player whether to wager in at least a first one of the plurality of rounds;
for each of the at least one player selecting to wager in the first one of the plurality of rounds, take a first wager;
for each of the at least one player selecting not to wager in the first one of the plurality of rounds:
take the card game ante;
take the auxiliary game ante;
and
take the respective player out of the card game and the auxiliary game;
receive a selection from each remaining one of the at least one player whether to wager in at least a second one of the plurality of rounds, wherein the second one of the plurality of rounds comes after the first one of the plurality of rounds;
for each of the at least one player selecting to wager in the second one of the plurality of rounds, take a second wager;
for each of the at least one player, selecting not to wager in the second one of the plurality of rounds:
take the card game ante;
take the auxiliary game ante;
take the first wager;
and
take the respective player out of the card game and the auxiliary game;
determine whether each of the at least one player remaining in the card game through the plurality of rounds, receiving the at least five cards, and participating in the auxiliary game was dealt the four royal cards out of the at least five cards;
and
award the bonus prize for each one of the at least one player remaining in the card game through the plurality of rounds, receiving the at least five cards, and participating in the auxiliary game having the four royal cards out of the at least five cards.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.