Poker game variation with option card

Abstract

A method of playing a modified poker game comprises multiple deals. 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, either a face up option card or as a face down option card; (d) 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; and (e) declaring the player with the best poker hand assembled in step (d) as the winner of that hand.

1 . A method of playing a modified poker card game using a standard deck of playing cards, the card game comprising at least one deal, the deal comprising 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.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein 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.  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the predetermined number of face down cards 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.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 2  wherein 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, in a first flop, in a second flop and in a third flop.  
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the dealing of a predetermined number of hole cards to each player in step (a) is accomplished prior to the dealing of community cards in step (b).  
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 4  wherein each player is allowed to bet before the first flop and again after each of the three flops.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 4  wherein 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.  
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein each player receiving an option card must pay a predetermined amount for that option card.  
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 1  wherein, prior to the initial dealing of the cards, 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 being greater than the small blind amount.  
   
   
       10 . A method of playing a modified poker card game using a standard deck of playing cards, the card game comprising at least one deal, the deal comprising the steps of: 
 (a) dealing two hole cards to each player face down;    (b) allowing each person to bet;    (c) dealing a first flop of two community cards face up;    (d) allowing each person to bet;    (e) dealing a second flop of two community cards face up;    (f) allowing each person to bet;    (g) allowing each player the option of purchasing an option card;    (h) allowing each player purchasing an option card in step (g) to receive the option card as a face up option card or as a face down option card;    (i) dealing a third flop of two community cards face up;    (j) allowing each person to bet;    (k) assembling the best poker hand of each player from two of the face down cards available to that player and from three 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    (l) declaring the player with the best poker hand assembled in step (k) as the winner of that hand.    
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein, prior to the initial dealing of the cards, 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 being greater than the small blind amount.