No Flop Poker Game

Abstract

This is a poker type casino table game. It is played with one to seven players against a dealer. Each player makes an initial wager and an optional side bet wager. Each player and the dealer receive three personal cards. Each player gets rid of one card. One community card is revealed for the dealer and all players to use. After seeing the first community card, the player must make an additional wager to remain in the game. A second community card is revealed. Then the dealer will expose his personal cards and get rid of one of his three cards. Dealer will pay winning hands even money. The dealer will also pay players a high hand bonus according to a posted pay scale, calculated on the initial wager. If a player's two personal cards are a pair, the dealer will pay any wagers on the side bet according to a posted pay scale. If the player's pair matches either or both community cards, the side bet payout is multiplied by a posted amount.

1 . A method of playing a poker type card game comprising the steps of:
 a. each player placing at least one wager to participate in the game;   b. dealing three personal cards face down to each player and to the dealer;   c. requiring each player to get rid of one of his three cards after viewing them;   d. dealing one community card for all to see and use;   e. requiring each player to make an additional “Raise” wager to continue in the game, or fold forfeiting any wagers already made and ending the game for that player;   f. dealing a second community card for all to see and use;   g. requiring the dealer to get rid of one of his three personal cards;   h. forming the dealer's poker hand by using the dealer's two personal cards and the two community cards;   i. forming each individual player's poker hand by using each player's two personal cards and the two community cards;   j. comparing the dealer's poker hand to each player's poker hand to determine a winner;   k. dealer paying a “High Hand Bonus” for any hand that has a predetermined value according to a posted pay scale;   l. dealer paying wagers on winning hands and collecting wagers on loosing hands;   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein each player makes a required “Blind Bet” and an optional “Pocket Pairs” side bet before the game starts. 
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein a standard deck of 52 playing cards is used. 
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the winning hands are determined on the ranking of hands from highest to lowest is as follows:
 a. Four of a Kind, “four cards of the same value”;   b. Straight Flush, “four sequential cards of all the same suit”;   c. Straight, “four sequential cards”;   d. Flush, “four cards of all the suit”;   e. Three of a Kind, “three cards of the same value and one card of a different value”;   f. Two Pair, “first two cards of the same value and second two cards of the same value but not the same value as the first two cards”;   g. Pair, “two cards of the same value and two cards of different values”;   h. High Card, “four cards of all different values”;   
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein winning hands are paid even money on the Blind Bet and Raise Bets. 
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the “High Hand Bonus” pay scale is as follows:
 a. A poker hand of 4 cards with the same value “4 of a Kind” pays 40 times the amount of the players Blind Bet;   b. A poker hand of sequential cards of all the same suit “Straight Flush” pays 20 times the amount of the players Blind Bet;   c. A poker hand of sequential cards “Straight” pays 2 or 3 times the amount of the players Blind Bet;   d. A poker hand of all the same suit “Flush” pays 1 or 2 times the amount of the players Blind Bet;   
   
   
       7 . A method of playing a side bet on a card game comprising the steps of:
 a. each player placing an additional “Pocket Pairs” wager to participate in the side bet;   b. each player being dealt two or more personal cards;   c. having two community cards dealt;   d. requiring the player's personal cards to have a pair to win the side bet;   e. dealer paying wagers on all winning hands as per a predetermined pay scale and collecting wagers on all loosing hands;   
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the pay scale is as follows:
 a. Pair of Aces pay 15 or 16 to 1;   b. Pair of Kings pay 10 or 11 to 1;   c. Pair of Queens pay 7 to 1;   d. Pair of Jacks pay 4 to 1;   e. Pair of 2s through 10s pay 2 to 1;   
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the pay scale is doubled if one of the community cards matches the player's pair to form a three of a kind. 
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the pay scale is multiplied by ten to thirty times, if both community cards match the player's pair to form a four of a kind.