Card game

Abstract

A card game played between a dealer and one or more players. Each player is dealt one card at the start of play. Three community cards (Flop cards) are dealt and, in succession, compared to each player's card according to the rules of War. Wagers can be placed and resolved against each of these rounds. A fourth community card (Turn card) is dealt or revealed, along with a single dealer card. The player's final hand, which comprises their one card taken together with all four community cards, must outrank the dealer's final hand and achieve at least a preset Poker ranking in order to win a mandatory wager. A second Raise portion of the player's wager is won if the player's card combined with the four community cards form a predetermined poker hand ranking. In a variation of the game method, one Bet the Hole wager is resolved according to the rules of War by comparing the player's card against the dealer's Hole card, a second Raise portion of the player's wager is won if the player's card combined with the four community cards form a predetermined poker hand ranking, and a third Pair Please portion of the player's wager is won if the four community cards form at least a pair.

1 . A method for playing a card game between a dealer and at least one player using at least one standard deck of playing cards, said method comprising the steps of:
 providing at least one standard deck of 52 playing cards arranged in the traditional manner with faces designated in ascending rank 2-10, J, Q, K, A each in four suits;   receiving a multi-portioned wager from the player;   dealing the player one card from the deck to form a player card;   dealing the dealer one card from the deck to form a dealer card;   dealing first, second, third and fourth community cards;   resolving a first portion of the wager in favor of the dealer if the rank of the first community card is greater than the rank of the player card, and in favor of the player if the rank of the first community card is less than the rank of the player card;   resolving a second portion of the wager in favor of the dealer if the rank of the second community card is greater than the rank of the player card, and in favor of the player if the rank of the second community card is less than the rank of the player card, and in favor of neither if the rank of the second community card is equal to the rank of the player card;   resolving a third portion of the wager in favor of the dealer if the rank of the third community card is greater than the rank of the player card, and in favor of the player if the rank of the third community card is less than the rank of the player card, and in favor of neither if the rank of the third community card is equal to the rank of the player card; and   resolving a fourth portion of the wager in favor of the dealer if the dealer card combined with the four community cards form a better hand than formed with the player card combined with the four community cards according to the traditional rules of Poker, and in favor of the player if the player card combined with the four community cards form a better hand than formed with the dealer card combined with the four community cards according to the traditional rules of Poker.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said step of receiving a wager from the player includes receiving a mandatory bet and up to three optional first, second and third bets, said step of resolving a fourth portion of the wager includes resolving the mandatory bet. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein said step of resolving a first portion of the wager includes resolving the optional first bet. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein said step of resolving a second portion of the wager includes resolving the optional second bet. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein said step of resolving a third portion of the wager includes resolving the optional third bet. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said step of dealing first, second, third and fourth community cards includes dealing the fourth community card following said steps of resolving the first, second and third portions. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said step of dealing first, second, third, and fourth community cards includes dealing the first, second, third, and fourth community cards face down. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further including providing a generally horizontal playing surface, and wherein said dealing steps include placing a card from the deck on the horizontal playing surface. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further including providing a computerized display screen, and wherein said dealing steps include forming the image of a playing card on the display screen. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein said step of providing at least one standard deck of 52 playing cards includes storing machine-readable data on a computer storage device. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said step of resolving a first portion of the wager further includes resolving the first portion in favor of neither dealer nor player if the rank of the first community card is equal to the rank of the player card. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said step of resolving a second portion of the wager further includes resolving the second portion in favor of neither dealer nor player if the rank of the second community card is equal to the rank of the player card. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said step of resolving a third portion of the wager further includes resolving the third portion in favor of neither dealer nor player if the rank of the third community card is equal to the rank of the player card. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said step of resolving a fourth portion of the wager further includes resolving the fourth portion in favor of neither if the dealer card combined with the four community cards forms an equivalent hand to that formed with the player card combined with the four community cards according to the traditional rules of Poker. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , further including resolving a Raise portion of the player's wager in favor of the player if the four community cards form a predetermined poker hand ranking. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said step of resolving a fourth portion of the wager further includes forfeiting a percentage of the fourth portion if the player decides to Fold their hand. 
     
     
         17 . A method for playing a card game combining elements of the traditional games of Poker and War between a dealer and at least one player using at least one standard deck of playing cards, said method comprising the steps of:
 providing at least one standard deck of 52 playing cards arranged in the traditional manner with faces designated in ascending rank 2-10, J, Q, K, A each in four suits;   receiving a multi-portioned wager from each player;   dealing each player one card from the deck to form a respective player card;   dealing the dealer one card from the deck to form a dealer card;   dealing first, second, third and fourth community cards;   and for respective player:   resolving a first Bet the Hole portion of the player's wager in favor of the dealer if the rank of the dealer card is greater than the rank of the player's card, and in favor of that player if the rank of the dealer card is less than the rank of the player's card, and in favor of neither if the rank of the dealer card is equal to the rank of the player's card;   resolving a second Raise portion of the player's wager in favor of the player if the player's card combined with the four community cards form a predetermined poker hand ranking;   resolving a third Pair Please portion of the player's wager in favor of the player if the four community cards form at least a pair according to the traditional rules of Poker; and   resolving a fourth Poker portion of the player's wager in favor of the player if the player's card combined with the four community cards form a better hand than formed with the dealer card combined with the four community cards according to the traditional rules of Poker.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein said step of receiving a multi-portion wager from each player includes restricting the amounts of the first Bet the Hole portion, second Raise portion, and third Pair Please portion to a mathematical factor of the fourth Poker portion. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein said step of restricting the amounts of the first Bet the Hole portion, second Raise portion, and third Pair Please portion includes not exceeding the amount of the fourth Poker portion. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein said step of dealing first, second, third and fourth community cards includes dealing the first, second, third, and fourth community cards face down. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 17 , further including providing a generally horizontal playing surface, and wherein said dealing steps include placing cards from the deck on the horizontal playing surface. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein said step of resolving the second Raise portion includes requiring the predetermined poker hand ranking to comprise three of a kind or better according to the traditional rules of Poker.