East-West Poker Casino

Abstract

An East-West casino offers two or more gambling games in which one is a poker game using a traditional Western deck of cards and another is a poker game based upon a new Chinese Poker Deck of cards.

1 . A gaming establishment in which an East-West gaming environment is created by a plurality of gambling games offered to players, comprising:
 a casino,   a first game comprising at least one Western game of poker based upon use of at least one Western deck of 52 playing cards having four suits comprised of clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades, each suit having one card from each of the designations of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace; and   a second game based upon a Chinese Poker Deck of cards having three different sets of nine cards in three suits of cards, each of said nine cards in one of said three suits of cards bearing a different designation representing the numbers 1 through 9, five different sets of four cards bearing a unique group designation with a hierarchal ranking of from 1 to 5 such that the hierarchal ranking of 1 is higher than 2 which is higher than 3 which is higher than 4 which is higher than 5 which is higher than a designation representing the number 9, and a set of five additional cards with a Feng Shui designation and a unique Feng Shui hierarchal ranking of from 1 to 5 such that the unique Feng Shui hierarchal ranging of 1 is higher than 2 which is higher than 3 which is higher than 4 which is higher than 5;   wherein players are offered at least one Eastern game of poker based upon use of the Chinese Poker Deck of cards;   wherein the at least one Eastern game of poker is comprised of the following steps:
 dealing an initial hand of cards to at least two players from the at least one deck of Eastern playing cards; 
 granting the at least two players a chance to place a wager or draw at least one additional card; 
 determining a final poker hand for each of the at least two players; 
 determining whether any final poker hand has more than one wild card and, if it does, declaring any such hand a losing hand; 
 declaring a winning hand to be the final poker hand having a highest ranking that is not a losing hand; and 
 settling any wagers. 
   
     
     
         2 . The gaming establishment of  claim 2 , wherein the poker game and the Eastern game of poker are each comprised of a draw poker game. 
     
     
         3 . The gaming establishment of  claim 1 , wherein the poker game and the Eastern game of poker are each comprised of a stud poker game. 
     
     
         4 . The gaming establishment of  claim 1 , wherein the poker game and the Eastern game of poker are each comprised of a community card poker game. 
     
     
         5 . The gaming establishment of  claim 1 , wherein the highest ranking for both the poker game and the Eastern game of poker are determined based upon a poker ranking of hands, from highest to lowest, as follows:
 a straight flush hand comprised of five suited cards in a single suit in a consecutive sequence;   a four of a kind hand;   a full house hand comprised of a three of a kind and two of a kind;   a flush hand comprised of five suited cards in a single suit in a non-consecutive sequence;   a straight hand comprised of five suited cards in more than a single suit in a consecutive sequence;   a three of a kind hand;   a two pair hand comprised of a pair of two of a kind;   a pair hand comprised of a single pair of two of a kind; and   a high card hand comprised of none of the above hands.   
     
     
         6 . The gaming establishment of  claim 1 , wherein each of the five wild cards has a unique feng shui designation, the nine identical number designations of the first group of suited cards are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 and the three suits are comprised of a circle designation, a bamboo designation and a script designation and wherein four of the unique designations of the five sets of four identical non-suited cards are an East Wind designation, a South Wind designation, a West Wind designation and a North Wind designation. 
     
     
         7 . The gaming establishment of  claim 1 , wherein the second game is offered in an Asian pit area of the casino and the first game is offered in a separate poker area of the casino. 
     
     
         8 . The gaming establishment of  claim 1 , wherein the first and the second games are offered in a poker area of the casino. 
     
     
         9 . The gaming establishment of  claim 8 , wherein the first and the second games are offered in a tournament of the casino.