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Poker game variants and methods thereofRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Card Or Tile Games, Cards Or Tiles ThereforPoker game variants and methods thereof description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070170652, Poker game variants and methods thereof. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates generally to card games and, more specifically, card games utilizing hands formed from two playing cards. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] In the past, gaming establishments have offered a variety of poker games to players having different levels of sophistication. The variety of poker games both maintain and increase interest in poker play and provide diversified profit centers for gaming establishments. Such poker games include both table games and machine-generated games. Some players have a greater preference for playing a poker table game where players feel they are using a level of player skill to determine the outcome of the poker table game, as opposed to playing a machine-generated poker game requiring less player skill. [0003] Many poker table games are played with five or more playing cards dealt to each player of the game, and most poker games are variations of stud or draw poker. Examples of well-known poker table games that use five or more cards include Omaha and Texas Hold-em. [0004] Other poker games are played with less than five playing cards. An example of a poker game where less than five playing cards are dealt to each player is Three Card Poker. All current poker games have at least three playing cards dealt to each player of the poker game in non-community poker games. [0005] In many of the poker table games available in gaming establishments, players of the game play and wager against each other and "win" or "lose" according to well-established rules of the poker game based on playing card hand rankings. In such poker table games, the gaming establishment provides a dealer (or bank) who does not participate in any wagering during the poker game and simply deals playing card hands from a deck of playing cards to each player of the poker table game. The gaming establishment receives a payment from each player for the services offered by the gaming establishment. [0006] In other poker table games, players may play against a dealer provided by the gaming establishment. Typically, payout odds are predetermined for various winning playing card hands and each winning player of the poker table game receives an award based on the value of the winning playing card hand. During play of the poker game, players may make additional wagers to further increase excitement and winnings for players based on players' assessment of the rank of their playing card hands. Conversely, casino wins are enhanced when players lose. [0007] Prior art poker games suffer from numerous disadvantages. On such disadvantage is simply that many players are tired or bored with prior art poker games, many of which have been available for decades. In addition, prior art poker games are slow, which decreases casino profits and does not attract players. A further disadvantage is a limited number of win opportunities such as only one winner per hand, which is determined at the end of a round of play. As a result, there is a need to further increase the speed of play and the number of hands played and resolved during a poker game in comparison to poker games currently offered by gaming establishments, while keeping the poker game simple to understand by players of the poker game. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0008] One embodiment of the invention is a method of playing a two card poker game. In one embodiment, the game is played with a set of playing cards comprising at least one deck of playing cards, which deck(s) may include one or more wild cards or "Jokers." [0009] Each player of the game places an ante or first wager in order to be entitled to play the game. Each player may place an optional second wager that their hand will achieve at least a first predetermined rank. Each player is dealt a two card hand from the set of playing cards. A two card hand is also dealt to the dealer or house. Each player is then permitted to evaluate their cards and either (1) fold (and lose their ante and any second wager); or (2) place a third or "call" wager. [0010] If a player places the third wager, the outcome of the game is then determined by comparison of the player's hand to the dealer's hand and/or by comparison of the player's hand to a pay table. In one embodiment, the player is paid winnings on their second wager if their hand met the first predetermined rank. [0011] The game also includes the step of determining if the dealer's hand "qualified," such as by having a predetermined minimum rank. If not, then the player is paid winnings based upon their Ante and their third wager is returned. If so, then the player is paid winning based upon their Ante and their third or "call" wager. [0012] In another embodiment of the invention, each player is permitted to place a fourth or "bonus" wager before their hand is dealt. If the play places the third or "call" wager and the player's hand has a predetermined minimum rank, the player is paid winnings for their fourth wager. [0013] In accordance with another embodiment of this invention, gaming table layout and gaming machine environments for presenting the game of the invention are disclosed. [0014] The foregoing and other articles, features, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following more detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The various features may be utilized or claimed alone or in any combination. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0015] FIG. 1 is a top view of a gaming table layout for a gaming table for use in playing a game of the invention according to an embodiment of the present invention. [0016] FIG. 2A illustrates a wagering portion of the gaming table layout illustrated in FIG. 1. [0017] FIG. 2B illustrates a player location or region of the gaming table layout illustrated in FIG. 1. [0018] FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram showing hand rankings of playing cards. [0019] FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram showing a comparison of exemplary dealer hands to exemplary player hands and resulting game outcomes. [0020] FIG. 5A illustrates an exemplary pay table for Call and Pair Up wagers of a game of the invention. Continue reading about Poker game variants and methods thereof... Full patent description for Poker game variants and methods thereof Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Poker game variants and methods thereof patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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