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Poker game variation with option cardRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Card Or Tile Games, Cards Or Tiles ThereforPoker game variation with option card description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070205558, Poker game variation with option card. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates generally to card games and, more specifically, to poker style games. BACKGROUND [0002] Poker style games have been extremely popular for hundreds of years. Recently, poker style games have been adapted for use in sponsored tournaments, casinos and on the Internet. [0003] There remains a constant need for poker style games which are even more interesting and exciting than prior art poker style games and which encourage gamblers to play in funded tournaments, casinos and on the Internet. SUMMARY [0004] The invention satisfies this need. The invention is a method of playing a modified poker game using a standard deck of playing cards. The card game typically comprises multiple deals. Each deal comprises the steps of (a) dealing a predetermined number of hole cards to each play face down; (b) dealing a predetermined number of community cards face up; (c) allowing each player the option of receiving an option card; (d) allowing each player receiving an option card in step (c) to receive the option card as a face up option card or as a face down option card; (e) assembling the best poker hand of each player from a predetermined number of the face down cards available to that player and a predetermined number of the face up cards available to that player, the face down cards available to each player being that player's hole cards and any face down option card possessed by that player, the face up cards available to each player being the community cards and any face up option card possessed by that player; and (f) declaring the player with the best poker hand assembled in step (e) as the winner of that hand. DRAWINGS [0005] FIG. 1 is a plan view of a poker table useable in one embodiment of the invention; and [0006] FIG. 2 is a plan view of another poker table useable in a second embodiment of the invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION [0007] The following discussion describes in detail one embodiment of the invention and several variations of that embodiment. This discussion should not be construed, however, as limiting the invention to those particular embodiments. Practitioners skilled in the art will recognize numerous other embodiments as well. [0008] The invention is a method of playing a modified poker game. The method uses a standard deck of playing cards having the traditional four suits (clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades) and 13 cards within each suit (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace). The game comprises at least one deal, typically a plurality of individual deals. [0009] Each deal comprises the steps of (a) dealing a predetermined number of hole cards to each player face down; (b) dealing a predetermined number of community cards face up; (c) allowing each player the option of receiving an option card; (d) allowing each player receiving an option card in step (c) to receive the option card as a face up option card or as a face down option card; (e) assembling the best poker hand of each player from a predetermined number of the face down cards available to that player and from a predetermined number of the face up cards available to that player, the face down cards available to each player being that player's hole cards and any face down option card possessed by that player, the face up cards available to each player being the community cards and any face up option card possessed by that player; and (f) declaring the player with the best poker hand assembled in step (e) as the winner of that hand. [0010] In a typical embodiment, the predetermined number of hole cards dealt face down in step (a) is two and the predetermined number of community cards dealt face up in step (b) is six. [0011] Also in a typical embodiment, the predetermined number of face down available to each player in step (e) is two and the predetermined number of face up cards available to each player in step (e) is three. Thus, in such a typical embodiment, each player must assemble his or her best poker hand using two face down cards and three face up cards. [0012] Typically, the hole cards are dealt first, and each player is thereafter allowed to bet for a first time. Throughout the deal, when a player is allowed the opportunity to bet, he or she may check, bet, raise, call or fold. [0013] After the hole cards are dealt, the community cards are dealt. Typically, the dealing of community cards in step (b) is accomplished by placing two cards face up on the table at three different times during the course of the deal. Each placement of two cards on the table is typically termed a "flop." Accordingly, the six community cards dealt face up in step (b) are dealt in a first flop of two cards, a second flop of two cards and a third card of two flops. Typically, each player is allowed to bet again after each of the three flops. [0014] Typically, the steps of allowing each player the option of receiving an option card in step (c) and allowing each player receiving an option card to receive the option card as a face up option card or a face down option card in step (d) is conducted between the second flop and the third flop. In one embodiment of the invention, each player indicates his or her preference for a face up option card or a face down option card by use of an option card button having the word "up" on one side and the word "down" on the opposite side. [0015] Typically, a player receiving an option card must pay a predetermined amount for that option card. [0016] Prior to the initial dealing of the cards in each deal, all players may be required to ante a predetermined ante amount. In one embodiment of the invention, however, only the two players immediately to the left of the dealer must ante. In such embodiment, the player immediately to the left of the dealer must ante a predetermined small blind amount and the player immediately to the left of the player who must ante the small blind amount must ante a large blind amount. The large blind amount is greater than the small blind amount. In other embodiments, all of the other players in the game may be required to ante a predetermined basic ante amount which is less than the small blind amount. [0017] FIG. 1 illustrates a typical seating arrangement for 10 players practicing the method of the invention in a typical game situation, including in a typical game situation organized in a poker tournament. FIG. 1 illustrates a table wherein players are practicing the invention, as the table might look after a third flop is dealt. [0018] In a typical game situation, the players take turns acting as dealer. Usually, the designated dealer rotates one position around the table at the beginning of each deal. [0019] In situations where a poker tournament is sponsored by a sponsoring entity, the sponsoring entity or "house" rakes in a portion of the chips proffered during each deal. Typically, the house rake is similar to the rake in prior art holdem poker game tournaments. In one embodiment of the present invention, the house also rakes in the amounts paid for all option cards or a predetermined percentage of the amount paid for all option cards. Continue reading about Poker game variation with option card... Full patent description for Poker game variation with option card Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Poker game variation with option card 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. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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