Poker game

Abstract

A conventional deck of fifty-two playing cards is modified by the addition of at least one extra card which can be of any of the conventional card ranks, which can be of a fifth suit or a duplicate of one of the conventional cards and which is preferably an Ace. This is additional card can also be of any rank of the conventional cards, but can having a suit designation of all of the suits, and is preferably an Ace of all of the suits. This modified deck of playing cards is used to play video poker.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A deck of playing cards consisting essentially of a standard deck of fifty-two cards and a fifty-third card consisting of a duplicate of one of the cards of the standard deck of fifty-two cards.  
     
     
         2 . The deck of  claim 1  in which the fifty-third card is an Ace.  
     
     
         3 . A deck of playing cards consisting essentially of a standard deck of fifty-two cards and a fifty-third card consisting of a card of a fifth suit and of a rank selected from the group consisting essentially of Deuce, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Jack, Queen, King and Ace.  
     
     
         4 . A deck of playing cards consisting essentially of a standard deck of fifty-two cards and a fifty-third card consisting of an Ace of a fifth suit.  
     
     
         5 . A deck of playing cards consisting essentially of a standard deck of fifty-two cards and a fifty-third card consisting of a card having a rank selected from the group consisting essentially of Deuce, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Jack, Queen, King and Ace and having a suit of all of the conventional suits.  
     
     
         6 . The deck of  claim 5  in which the fifty-third card is an Ace.  
     
     
         7 . The method of playing a card game that uses only a player's hand to determine winning or losing outcomes and a modified deck of playing cards comprising: 
 a) providing the modified deck of playing cards which consists essentially of a standard deck of fifty-two cards and a fifty-third card consisting of a duplicate of one of the cards of the standard deck of fifty-two cards;    b) displaying an initial player's hand of five cards;    c) selecting none, one or more of the face up cards from the initial player's hand as cards to be held;    d) discarding from the initial player's hand the face up cards that were not selected to be held and replacing each of those cards with a face up card resulting in a final five card player's hand;    e) determining the poker hand ranking of the final player's hand; and    f) providing the player an award if the poker hand ranking of the final player's hand is a winning hand.    
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7  in which the fifty-third card is an Ace.  
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7  in which the player makes a wager to participate in the game and the award is a monetary award based on the amount of the wager.  
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9  in which the monetary award is based on a pay table.  
     
     
         11 . The method of playing a card game that uses only a player's hand to determine winning or losing outcomes and a modified deck of playing cards comprising: 
 a) providing the modified deck of playing cards which consists essentially of a standard deck of fifty-two cards and a fifty-third card consisting of a card of a fifth suit and of a rank selected from the group consisting essentially of Deuce, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven Eight, Nine, Ten, Jack, Queen, King and Ace;    b) displaying an initial player's hand of five cards;    c) selecting none, one or more of the face up cards from the initial player's hand as cards to be held;    d) discarding from the initial player's hand the face up cards that were not selected to be held and replacing each of those cards with a face up card resulting in a final five card player's hand;    e) determining the poker hand ranking of the final player's hand; and    f) providing the player an award if the poker hand ranking of the final player's hand is a winning hand.    
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11  in which the player makes a wager to participate in the game and the award is a monetary award based on the amount of the wager.  
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 13  in which the monetary award is based on a pay table.  
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11  in which the fifty-third card is an Ace.  
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14  in which the player makes a wager to participate in the game and the award is a monetary award based on the amount of the wager.  
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15  in which the monetary award is based on a pay table.  
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16  in which the pay table includes increased payouts when the winning hand includes the fifty-third card as a kicker.  
     
     
         18 . The method of playing a card game that uses only a player's hand to determine winning or losing outcomes and a modified deck of playing cards comprising: 
 a) providing the modified deck of playing cards which consists essentially of a standard deck of fifty-two cards and a fifty-third card consisting of a card having a rank selected from the group consisting essentially of Deuce, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Jack, Queen, King and Ace and having a suit of all of the conventional suits;    b) displaying an initial player's hand of five cards;    c) selecting none, one or more of the face up cards from the initial player's hand as cards to be held;    d) discarding from the initial player's hand the face up cards that were not selected to be held and replacing each of those cards with a face up card resulting in a final five card player's hand;    e) determining the poker hand ranking of the final player's hand; and    f) providing the player an award if the poker hand ranking of the final player's hand is a winning hand.    
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18  in which the fifty-third card is an Ace.  
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18  in which the player makes a wager to participate in the game and the award is a monetary award based on the amount of the wager.  
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20  in which the monetary award is based on a pay table.