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  Combination 3 card poker-baccarat gaming method and apparatusUSPTO Application #: 20070013135Title: Combination 3 card poker-baccarat gaming method and apparatus Abstract: A casino gambling card table game in which a player may bet that a next card dealt would provide a selected poker hand and/or a winning baccarat hand. (end of abstract)
Agent: Charles I. Brodsky - Marlboro, NJ, US Inventors: Sandy A. Ritzer, Andrew J. Ritzer, Matthew P. Ritzer USPTO Applicaton #: 20070013135 - Class: 273292000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Card Or Tile Games, Cards Or Tiles Therefor The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070013135. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This Application is a Division of Ser. No. 10/880,476 filed Jul. 1, 2004. REFERENCE TO A MICROFICHE APPENDIX [0003] NOT APPLICABLE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0004] 1. Field of the Invention [0005] This invention relates to casino gaming apparatus, in general, and to a casino gambling card table game, in particular. [0006] 2. Description of the Related Art [0007] As is well known in the casino gaming industry, one of the most popular card table gambling games is 3 card poker in which a player attempts to obtain a higher valued poker hand than the dealer. As will also be appreciated, one of the most raucous of the card table gambling games is baccarat, where it is common for a player to vocally exhort the dealing of a winning card to his/her hand, and a vociferous rooting of a losing card to the Bank so as to attain the objective of having a card total closer to "nine" than the Bank. As will become clear from the following description, the present invention combines features of both 3 card poker and baccarat in making the combined game demonstrative in its play, while at the same time providing a multitude of betting options; as will be seen, this gives the combined game a flavor closer to that of craps, where others than the shooter are able to place individual bets on each roll of the dice. As in both 3 card poker and baccarat, the combined card game of the invention utilizes a standard 52 card deck (without jokers)--and as in baccarat, aces count as "one" and tens, jacks, queens, and kings count as "zero". [0008] As distinct from the commonly played 3 card poker, however, cards may be drawn and/or options selected based on the cards to be dealt rather than just to bet on cards already received. In such manner, a player becomes actively involved in each deal, and involves a certain degree of thought throughout. Having to make decisions concerning a series of bets in any one game makes the play more varied than baccarat, and thus more enjoyable to the participant and more attractive to the casino as well. All that will be seen to be required in its play are the calculations of the odds to be offered by the casino for any bet to be paid (which can be determined by mathematical analysis). Once such odds are set, all that is needed is the standard deck, a table, a game design overlay to sit 6 or 7 players, and the participants with their betting chips themselves. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0009] As will become clear from the following description, each participant wishing to play against the dealer places an initial "ante" bet on a space on the game design overlay. Once all parties have anted up, the dealer begins to distribute a shuffled deck of cards clockwise or counterclockwise to each individual, one card at a time, face down, until a total of two revolutions have taken place--with the dealer also receiving one card, face down, during each revolution. As with 3 card poker, one additional card will be dealt to each player, but with the player, according to the invention, being able to decline to bet on that third card if so desired. Because a third card could give each player the possibility of having "three of a kind", "a straight" of consecutively numbered cards, "a flush" of three cards of the same suit, or "a straight flush" of three consecutive cards of the same suit, each player will have the ability to place an additional wager beyond the initial ante bet before being dealt the third card. Such a decision to make a further bet is made by placing added chips on individual spaces also provided on the game design overlay, where the odds offered by the casino are displayed as well. Those players whose first two cards do not offer the possibility of obtaining such poker hands may have the opportunity of placing an additional bet that the third card dealt may offer them a hand whose point total is "low" (i.e., adding the value of each card and utilizing only the "ones" digit totals 0 to 4), or betting a "high" (i.e., adding the values gives a "ones" digit of between 5 and 9). Other type bets could be had as well, for example, that the third card dealt would provide a single pair along with a ten, jack, queen or king,--and, as previously mentioned, the player may elect not to bet on the third card at all. Each bet made would continue to have its own space displayed on the design layout, along with the odds offered by the casino if that bet were made. [0010] Once all further bets are placed, a third card is dealt. This may be done by dealing a third card to each player in turn face down, who then reveal their three cards--or having them first reveal their two cards and dealing the third card face up. This allows the dealer to determine whether or not any of the additional bets wagered have been won or not. Preferably at that time, or later after all of the hands are completely played out, any appropriate monies won on those added bets will be paid by the dealer to the player based on the displayed casino odds, and any additionally wagered bets lost will be collected by the dealer. In such respect, the combination game of the invention exhibits attributes of poker. [0011] The dealer then reveals his/her two cards, enabling the players to view what the dealer is holding. The dealer then draws a third card face up--and like the other players, adds up the values to determine which hands came closer to "nine". For each player hand closer to "nine", the player wins the initial ante bet; for each player hand further from "nine" than the dealer's, the dealer wins the ante bet. In this respect, the combined game resembles that of baccarat--and offers the further advantage that a player who elects not to bet further on the third dealt card can continue in the game, rooting against the dealer's draw in attempting to win the initial ante bet placed. As previously mentioned, in this phase of the game, aces count as "one", tens, jacks, queens and kings count as "zero"--and the "ones" digit of the total value, is used in determining which hands are closest to "nine". [0012] In other versions of the game, options of play could be provided in the event the two cards first drawn by the dealer total eight or nine when added, allowing the dealer to stand pat. Likewise, options could be provided to the player to stand pat when his/her first two cards total eight or nine, as well. A further option could be provided the player of selecting the third card to beat the dealer's hand, as in conventional poker. [0013] As will be readily apparent, if the baccarat aspect of the game is sought to be combined, instead, with a 4 card rather than a 3 card poker playing arrangement, additional table layout spaces could be provided to cover such additional bets as "two pair", "four of a kind", and three of a kind along with a ten, jack, queen or king. Again, the odds for paying off such bets will be displayed on the design overlay. [0014] Other gambling bets--such as tieing the dealer on the ante bet--could be afforded and set out on the overlay as well. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0015] These and other features of the present invention will be more clearly understood from a consideration of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which: [0016] FIG. 1 is a pictorial view of a table layout design helpful in an understanding of the set up of the game; [0017] FIGS. 2-5 are combined pictorial views and flow charts indicating how in the combined 3 card poker-baccarat card playing game one shuffled hand may be played according to the invention; [0018] FIG. 6 is a further combined view of a playing layout and flow chart helpful in an understanding of the invention; and [0019] FIG. 7 illustrates a type of gaming table layout for seven participating players, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Continue reading... 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