Method of playing a poker game

Abstract

A poker variation game involving multiple wagers and the utilization of a wild card. Cards are dealt by the dealer, two cards face down to each player and one community wild card dealt face up. Players inspect their cards and determine whether to fold, or to make a second bet. The variation provides the improvements of allowing the rank of the wild card to be different for every deal, and provides that each player gets at least one wild card on every hand. All bets are ultimately resolved according to a predetermined payout schedule.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A method of playing a poker variation card game involving multiple wagers using a single standard deck of cards, with said game involving standard poker hand rankings when a wild card is utilized and comprising the steps of: 
 each player placing a wager to participate in the game;    a dealer dealing cards face down to each player and at least one community card face up for use by all participating players;    restricting all participating players to the option to either play or fold;    requiring all players who wish to continue to play a hand to make a second bet exactly equal to twice the amount of the players initial wager;    a dealer dealing additional cards to each player that has made a bet;    determining the highest poker hand held by each player;    determining what payout, if any, each player is entitled to receive according to that player's wagers and the pre-determined payout schedule.    
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the community wild card and any card of the same rank in the players' hand are wild.  
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , providing that each player will have at least one wild card on every hand.  
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 2 , allowing the rank of the community wild card to be different for every deal.  
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the community wild card and any card of the same rank in the players' hand shall be considered to be of whatever suit and rank that will give the player the highest poker hand.  
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the participating players are not playing against each other or against the dealer.  
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein each player shall have the option to wager an additional bonus bet.  
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 7 , of resolving players bonus bets comprising the steps of: 
 determining which players, if any, have made a bonus bet wager;    determining the highest poker hand held by each player;    determining what payout, if any, each player is entitled to receive according to that player's wager and the pre-determined bonus payout schedule.    
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 1  and providing apparatus for playing the game, said apparatus including a playing surface having wager receiving areas, a discard area, and a common card-receiving area for receiving and showing the community card.  
     
     
         10 . A method of playing a poker variation card game involving multiple wagers using a single standard deck of cards, with said game involving standard poker hand rankings when a wild card is utilized and comprising the steps of: 
 each player placing a wager to participate in the game;    a dealer dealing two cards face down to each player and one community card face up for use by all participating players as a wild card;    restricting all participating players to the option to either play or fold;    requiring all players who wish to continue to play a hand to make a second bet exactly equal to twice the amount of the players initial wager;    a dealer dealing two additional cards to each player that has made a bet;    determining the highest poker hand held by each player when the player's four cards are combined with the community wild card;    determining what payout, if any, each player is entitled to receive according to that player's wagers and the pre-determined payout schedule.    
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein the community wild card and any card of the same rank in the players' hand are wild.  
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 10 , providing that each player will have at least one wild card on every hand.  
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 11 , allowing the rank of the community wild card to be different for every deal.  
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein the community wild card and any card of the same rank in the players' hand shall be considered to be of whatever suit and rank that will give the player the highest poker hand.  
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein the participating players are not playing against each other or against the dealer.  
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein each player shall have the option to wager an additional one-dollar bonus bet.  
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 16 , of resolving players bonus bets comprising the steps of: 
 determining which players, if any, have made a one-dollar bonus bet wager;    determining the highest poker hand held by each player when the player's four cards are combined with the community wild card;    determining what payout, if any, each player is entitled to receive according to that player's wager and the pre-determined bonus payout schedule.    
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 10  and providing apparatus for playing the game, said apparatus including a playing surface having wager receiving areas, a discard area, and a common card-receiving area for receiving and showing the community wild card.