Radio frequency identification (RFID) poker table

Abstract

Unique application of existing technology where a poker tournament is displayed to an audience using a tournament table having stations for receiving information about each player's down or hole card(s) through the use of non-electronic-optical means. Specifically through the use of Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tags embedded within or printed upon the playing cards.

1 . A way to capture real-time information about a card tournament comprising: 
 a playing table having a plurality of playing stations.    a deck of playing cards with ranks and suits used for playing the range of games commonly referred to as poker, each card containing a unique passive RFID tag embedded within or imprinted upon each playing card.    a RFID antenna/transceiver at each of said playing stations with the ability to receive and send information about the said playing cards.    
   
   
       2 . A method of using apparatus as specified in  claim 1  to read said playing card information to ‘rabbit hunt’, or view playing cards not dealt during a hand but which may have had an impact on the result of any played hand had those unseen cards been exposed.  
   
   
       3 . Apparatus as specified in  claim 1  wherein said card reading information is transmitted to other devices for display.