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US 8,298,075 B2Granted
Casino poker game with optional card
OwnerKevin Tishlerinventor
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer readable storage medium to provide a variation of a casino poker game that combines games of blackjack and poker into a single game. An optional card is available for use by the player in both the blackjack game and the poker game, but in order to use the optional card the player must make an additional wager.
Claims20
A method to play a blackjack game, the method comprising:
- executing on an electronic processing unit instructions that perform:
- providing a virtual deck(s) of cards;
- receiving a blackjack ante wager from a player and a poker ante wager;
- dealing player's cards, dealer's cards, an optional card, and community cards;
- offering the player an option to make an additional wager to discard one of the player's cards and activate the optional card and receiving the player's acceptance or denial of the option;
- determining the player's blackjack hand using the player's cards and the optional card if activated;
- determining the players poker hand using the player's cards, the community cards, and the optional card if activated;
- determining the dealer's blackjack hand and the dealer's poker hand;
- resolving the blackjack ante wager based on a relationship between the player's blackjack hand and the dealer's blackjack hand;
- and
- resolving the poker ante wager based on a relationship between the player's poker hand and the dealer's poker hand.
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A method to play a blackjack game, the method comprising:
- executing on an electronic processing unit instructions that perform:
- providing a virtual deck(s) of cards;
- dealing player's cards, dealer's cards, an optional card, and community cards;
- determining the player's blackjack hand using the player's cards;
- determining the players poker hand using the player's cards and the community cards;
- determining the dealer's blackjack hand using the dealer's cards and the dealer's poker hand using the dealer's cards;
- and
- resolving a first wager placed by a player,
- wherein if both the player's blackjack hand beats the dealer's blackjack hand and if the player's poker hand beats the dealer's poker hand then the player wins a payout on the first wager, otherwise the player does not win a payout on the first wager.
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An apparatus to play a poker game, the apparatus comprising:
- a processing unit connected to an input device and an output device, the processing unit configured to perform:
- providing a virtual deck(s) of cards;
- receiving a blackjack ante wager from a player and a poker ante wager;
- dealing player's cards, dealer's cards, an optional card, and community cards;
- offering the player an option to make an additional wager to discard one of the player's cards and activate the optional card and receiving the player's acceptance or denial of the option;
- determining the player's blackjack hand using the player's card(s) and the optional card if activated;
- determining the players poker hand using the player's card(s), the community cards, and the optional card if activated;
- determining the dealer's blackjack hand and the dealer's poker hand;
- resolving the blackjack ante wager based on a relationship between the player's blackjack hand and the dealer's blackjack hand;
- and
- resolving the poker ante wager based on a relationship between the player's poker hand and the dealer's poker hand.
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