Casino poker game

Abstract

The poker game utilizes a single standard fifty-two card deck of playing cards. A dealer deals three cards face down to each poker player. Thereafter, the dealer deals four cards face up on the poker table. Each of the four face up cards are community cards which are available for use by any of the players to form a poker hand. The poker game includes five rounds of betting in which a round of betting is held after the three cards are dealt to each player, and after each of the community cards are dealt upon the table, respectively. After the seventh card has been dealt (the fourth community card) and the fifth round of betting has been completed, a player utilizes a combination of down cards and community cards to form the best five card hand. Hands are then ranked in standard poker fashion to determine a winner.

1 . A poker game played with playing cards comprising the steps of:
 dealing a first card face down to one or more players;   dealing a second card face down to one or more players;   dealing a third card face down to one or more players;   dealing fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh cards face up, wherein the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh cards are community cards are useable by the one or more players in the hand to form a five card poker hand; and   one or more players in the hand exposing their three face down cards to determine which player has a winning five card poker hand, wherein each hand comprises three cards dealt to each player plus the four community cards.   
   
   
       2 . The poker game played with playing cards of  claim 1  further comprising the steps of:
 conducting a first round of betting after the first, second and third cards have been dealt face down to the one or more players, but prior to the fourth card being dealt;   conducting a second round of betting after the first, second and third face down cards and after the fourth card have been dealt to the one or more players, but prior to the fifth card being dealt;   conducting a third round of betting after the first, second and third face down cards and after the fourth and fifth cards have been dealt to the one or more players, but prior to the sixth card being dealt;   conducting a fourth round of betting after the first, second and third face down cards and after the fourth, fifth and sixth cards have been dealt to the one or more players, but prior to the seventh card being dealt; and   conducting a fifth round of betting after the first, second and third face down cards and the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh cards have been dealt to the one or more players, but prior to the one or more players exposing their three face down cards to determine which player has a winning five card poker hand.   
   
   
       3 . The poker game played with playing cards of  claim 1  wherein the cards are dealt by a computer and displayed upon a computer screen. 
   
   
       4 . The poker game played with playing cards of  claim 1  wherein cards are dealt to a plurality of poker players and one of the hands is dealt to a dealer. 
   
   
       5 . The poker game played with playing cards of  claim 2  wherein cards are dealt to a plurality of poker players and one of the hands is dealt to a dealer. 
   
   
       6 . The poker game played with playing cards of  claim 1  wherein the playing cards consist of a 52 card deck. 
   
   
       7 . The poker game played with playing cards of  claim 1  wherein the playing cards consist of a 52 card plus two joker deck. 
   
   
       8 . The poker game played with playing cards of  claim 1  wherein the winner is determined by standard poker ranking with hands being ranked by royal flush, straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three of a kind, two pairs, a pair and high card, in descending order. 
   
   
       9 . A poker game played with playing cards comprising the steps of:
 dealing a first card face down to two or more players;   dealing a second card face down to two or more players;   dealing a third card face down to two or more players;   conducting a first round of betting after the first, second and third cards have been dealt face down to the two or more players, but prior to a fourth card being dealt;   dealing a fourth card face up, wherein the fourth card is a “community” card useable by the two or more players;   conducting a second round of betting after the first, second and third face down cards and after the fourth card have been dealt to the two or more players, but prior to a fifth card being dealt;   dealing a fifth card face up, wherein the fifth card is a community card useable by the two or more players;   conducting a third round of betting after the first, second and third face down cards and after the fourth and fifth cards have been dealt to the two or more players, but prior to a sixth card being dealt;   dealing a sixth card face up, wherein the sixth card is a community card useable by the two or more players;   conducting a fourth round of betting after the first, second and third face down cards and after the fourth, fifth and sixth cards have been dealt to the two or more players, but prior to a seventh card being dealt; and   dealing a seventh card face up, wherein the seventh card is a community card useable by the two or more players;   conducting a fifth round of betting after the first, second and third face down cards and the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh cards have been dealt to the two or more players, but prior to the two or more players exposing their three face down cards to determine which player has a winning five card poker hand; and   two or more players in the hand exposing their three face down cards to determine which player has a winning five card poker hand, wherein each hand comprises three cards dealt to each player plus the four community cards.   
   
   
       10 . The poker game played with playing cards of  claim 9  herein the cards are dealt by a computer and displayed upon a computer screen. 
   
   
       11 . The poker game played with playing cards of  claim 9  wherein cards are dealt to a plurality of poker players and one of the hands is dealt to a dealer. 
   
   
       12 . The poker game played with playing cards of  claim 9  herein the playing cards consist of a 52 card deck. 
   
   
       13 . The poker game played with playing cards of  claim 9  wherein the playing cards consist of a 52 card plus two joker deck. 
   
   
       14 . The poker game played with playing cards of  claim 9  wherein the winner is determined by standard poker ranking with hands being ranked by royal flush, straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three of a kind, two pairs, a pair and high card, in descending order.