U.S. patent application number 09/945526 was filed with the patent office on 2003-03-13 for method of playing three card game.
Invention is credited to Lyfoung, Hauvtoj Todd.
Application Number | 20030050106 09/945526 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 25483222 |
Filed Date | 2003-03-13 |
United States Patent
Application |
20030050106 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Lyfoung, Hauvtoj Todd |
March 13, 2003 |
Method of playing three card game
Abstract
A playing card game and wagering method which involves each
player playing a three card hand and placing a wager with an option
of adding a side wager. Two cards are dealt face down to each
player by the dealer. Each player has the opportunity to wager a
side wager after inspecting his two cards. The dealer deals himself
one card face up; he exposes each player's two cards and matches
them with his to form a three card hand to identify winners.
Winners receive a bonus payment according to the ranking of their
hands.
Inventors: |
Lyfoung, Hauvtoj Todd;
(Vadnais Heights, MN) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Hauvtoj Todd Lyfoung
609 Monn Avenue
Vadnais Heights
MN
55127
US
|
Family ID: |
25483222 |
Appl. No.: |
09/945526 |
Filed: |
September 4, 2001 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
463/13 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63F 3/00157 20130101;
A63F 2001/001 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
463/13 |
International
Class: |
A63F 009/24 |
Claims
I claim:
1. A method of playing a wagering game for a number of players
using standard playing cards combining poker and Baccarat ranking
with the following: Each player placing a first wager to
participate in a wagering game, a second wager to participate in
the side wager; Dealing cards to each player and dealing one common
card; Giving the option to each player to add said side wager upon
receiving and examining cards prior to the flop of said common
card.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said second wager may be
of different amount but never to exceed said first wager.
3. A method according to claim 2, wherein said first wager and said
second wager has different payment odds.
4. A method according to claim 1, wherein said common card is
delivered last.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a three card poker game dealt from
a regular fifty-two card deck with a wagering method that has an
option to add a side wager before completing the hand playing at a
casino. 2. Description of Prior Art There are many table games in
casinos throughout the world that offer odds on the payment and a
progressive jackpot to certain hands in the ranking. The three most
well known are "Caribbean Stud.TM.," protected by U.S. Pat. No.
4,836,553, "Let It Ride.TM.," protected by U.S. Pat. No. 5,288,081
and "Three Card Poker.TM.," protected by U.S. Pat. No. 5,685,774.
Their popularity is due to their poker ranking, odds on the
payment, and the progressive jackpot. Therefore, it is in the
advantage of casinos to have other card games that offer the same
excitement as the three games described above; wherein players can
easily learn the game, make fast playing decisions, have a high win
frequency, and overall fun playing.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The objective of the present invention is to provide:
[0004] An easy, yet fast card game that exhibits the same
excitement as poker, Black-Jack, and Baccarat combined.
[0005] A card game which plays with three cards out of a regular
fifty-two card deck.
[0006] A card game in which each player places an initial wager and
has the option to add a side wager before the completion of the
hand.
[0007] A card game where winners get odds on their wagers according
to their hand in the ranking.
[0008] A card game in which players may wager towards a progressive
jackpot.
[0009] A table covering which can accommodate up to seven players
and a dealer.
[0010] A card game in which the casino banks the game.
[0011] A card game which has a ranking as below with a Straight
Flush being the highest winning hand:
[0012] Ranking
[0013] 1. Straight Flush.*
[0014] 2. Three of a Kind.*
[0015] 3. Straight.*
[0016] 4. Flush.*
[0017] 5. Three Face Cards.
[0018] 6. Points.**
[0019] *Three card poker ranking. Note that straight has a higher
ranking than flush.
[0020] ** Baccarat ranking. Nine is the highest point and zero the
lowest. The point value is the total sum of the three cards, if it
exceeds ten or twenty then its last digit is the point value (i.e.
"6", "5", and "2" makes 3 point value). Face cards have no point
value.
[0021] Lastly, a card game where the dealer deals the cards and
plays as the banker.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0022] FIG. 1 shows a table covering on a half moon or Black Jack
table with the player and dealer stations.
[0023] FIG. 2 shows an enlargement of a player station.
[0024] FIG. 3 shows the flow chart of the method of play.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0025] The table covering 1 may be of any size or shape. However,
it is designed to fit a regular half moon or Black Jack table (not
shown) as it is illustrated on FIG. 1.
[0026] The table covering 1 is usually a green felt pad with
various imprints (usually white) to accommodate seven players 2 and
a dealer 3 (located oppose to of the players).
[0027] Turning now into an individual player station, FIG. 2
illustrates various parts of the station.
[0028] Each individual player station includes three circles
10-12-13, two rectangles 11-16, a station number 14, and an imprint
of the winning odds of each particular hand 15. Any other closed
sized shape will also work. Circle 10 is the location where to
place the progressive jackpot wager, as is Circle 12 for the
initial wager, and Circle 13 for the side wager. Rectangle 16 is
the location where to place the two dealt cards when there is no
side wager as is Rectangle 11 when there is a side wager. Station
Number 14 indicates the station number of the player.
[0029] As for the dealer station, there is a rectangle 4 designated
for the placement of the common card and a large horizontal
rectangle 5 designated for the placement of the chips' tray (not
shown).
[0030] Any progressive gaming apparatus (not described) may be
adapted to this invention where the players can wager for a
progressive jackpot.
METHOD OF PLAY
[0031] The game is played with a regular fifty-two card deck.
However, a multiple deck of cards may be used as well. The casino
provides all the accessories including the table with the
appropriate table covering 1 and the dealer 3. The dealer 3's
functions are to deal the cards, control the game, and act as the
banker for the game.
[0032] The object of the game is to make a hand of three cards as
high as possible in the ranking; for each specific ranking, there
are corresponding payment odds, the higher the ranking, the better
the payment odds are. In addition, each player 2 has an option to
wager a side wager upon receiving two cards.
[0033] All players play against the banker, herein being the dealer
3.
[0034] The dealer 3 must shuffle the deck of cards prior to each
round and burn one card before the flop of the common card. If
there is only one player 2, one card must be burned between each
card before it is delivered.
[0035] The wager for the progressive jackpot is optional (not
described). However, to play it, one must wager the initial
wager.
[0036] Each playing round is described as follows:
[0037] a) Each player 2 places a wager in Circle 12 to participate
to the round.
[0038] b) The dealer 3 announces that no more wagers will be
taken.
[0039] c) The dealer 3 deals two cards face down to each player
2.
[0040] d) Each player 2 inspects his two cards and decides to wager
or not a side wager according to the possible drawing hand he may
have:
[0041] If he chooses the "Yes" option, a side wager must be placed
in Circle 13 and the two cards received must rest right below it in
Rectangle 11;
[0042] If he chooses the "No" option, the two cards received must
rest in Rectangle 16, right below Circle 12.
[0043] *As a simple strategy to playing the side wager, it is good
to play it when the two cards have a possibility of making a
Straight Flush, Three of a kind, Straight, or Flush (since only
those hands are paying hands for the side wager).
[0044] e) The dealer 3 announces that no more side wager will be
taken and makes sure that each player 2 has rested his two cards
into the appropriate rectangles 11-16.
[0045] f) The dealer 3 flops a common card face up in Rectangle 4
in front of him.
[0046] g) The dealer 3 exposes each player 2's two cards.
[0047] h) The dealer 3 matches each player's two cards with his to
form a three card hand to determine who wins or loses.
[0048] i) The dealer 3 pays the wins, and collects the loss and
cards.
[0049] j) End of the round.
[0050] All the winning and losing transactions are made from the
chips' tray (not shown,) designated by Rectangle 5, where the chips
used for the wagering are stocked.
[0051] The payment may be paid according to the following
schedule:
1 Ranking Payment Initial Payment Side Number Hand Wager Wager 1
Royal Flush 150-to-1 5-to-1 2 Straight Flush 40-to-1 5-to-1 3 Three
of a Kind 35-to-1 5-to-1 4 Straight 5-to-1 3-to-1 5 Flush 3-to-1
2-to-1 6 Three Face Cards 2-to-1 1-to-1 7 9 Points 1-to-1 Push 8 8
Points 1-to-1 Push
[0052] The illustration of the method of play is also described
schematically in FIG. 3.
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