US2011204567A1PendingUtilityA1

Casino table game and method

Assignee: KNIFFEN DAVIDPriority: Apr 19, 2007Filed: Mar 16, 2011Published: Aug 25, 2011
Est. expiryApr 19, 2027(~0.7 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:David Kniffen
G07F 17/326G07F 17/322A63F 2001/005A63F 1/00A63F 2003/00164A63F 3/00157
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Abstract

A system and method of the inventive concept presents a casino game that is a table based card game that is generally played with a dealer, who deals the cards, and with players whom make the wagers. The game consists of multiple rounds and a player can wager and win on individual rounds or multiple rounds to make a “poker” hand. Additionally, there may be a progressive jackpot offered on the “poker” hands for players to wager upon.

Claims

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1 . An apparatus for playing a wagering game of cards allowing players to place bets, said apparatus comprising:
 a surface presenting a dealer section and players section;   a playfield including a plurality of sections with a first of said sections presenting several rows with each of said rows divided by cells wherein each cell present different kind of cards ranging from the card having the highest kind to the card having a lowest kind with all of said card being of a single suit allowing the players to place the bets anywhere in said sections;   a second of said sections extending from said first section presenting color identifiers allowing the players to place the bets on any of said color identifiers;   a third of said sections extending from said first section presenting kind identifiers of various colors allowing the players to place the bets on any of said kind identifiers;   a fourth of said sections extending from said first section presenting a row extending in parallel relationship with said several rows of said first sections and divided into cells of said fourth section and aligned with said cells of said rows of said first sections allowing the players to place the bets on any of said cells of said fourth section;   a card section having a plurality of segment wherein the number of said segment equals to the number of gaming rounds played by the players to allow a dealer to place the cards on each of said segments,   a wagering section adjacent said card section, said wagering section including a plurality of winning options with each of said winning options presenting different winning combination values with said wagering section allowing the dealer to determine the winning outcome of each round as the dealer opens a card placed in order to each of said segments of said card section and determining a winner of a jackpot after all cards placed on each of said segments define one of said winning options presenting different of winning combination values.   
     
     
         2 . An apparatus as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said winning options presenting different winning combination values are further defined by “Flush”, “Royal Flush”, “Straight Flush”, “Straight”, “5 of A Kind”, “4 of A Kind”, “3 of A Kind”, “Full House”, “Two Pairs”, and “One Pair”. 
     
     
         3 . An apparatus as set forth in  claim 2  wherein the number of said segments equals to five of said segments. 
     
     
         4 . An apparatus as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said plurality of said sections is further defined by four rows with each of said rows presenting separate suits such as “Spade”, “Clubs”, “Diamonds”, and “Hearts” with each of said rows presenting said cells ranging from “Ace” to “2”. 
     
     
         5 . A method of playing a wagering game of cards to allowing players to place bets, said method comprising the steps of:
 presenting a playfield having a plurality of sections with a first of the sections presenting several rows with each of the rows divided by cells wherein each cell presents different kind of cards ranging from the card having the highest kind to the card having a lowest kind with all of the card being of a single suit allowing the players to place the bets anywhere in the sections;   defining a second section presenting color identifiers to allow the players to place the bets on any of the color identifiers;   defining a third section presenting kind identifiers of various colors to allow the players to place the bets on any of the kind identifiers;   defining a fourth section presenting a row divided into cells of the fourth section and aligned with the cells of the rows of the first sections to allow the players to place the bets on any of the cells of the fourth section;   forming a card section having a plurality of segments wherein the number of the segment equals to the number of gaming rounds played by the players to allow a dealer to place the cards on each of the segments; and   determining winning outcome of the wagering game by defining a wagering section adjacent the card section and including a plurality of winning options with each of the winning options presenting different winning combination values to determine the winning outcome of each round as the dealer opens a card placed in order to each of the segments of the card section and determining a winner of a jackpot after all cards placed on each segments define one of the winning options presenting different winning combination values.   
     
     
         6 . A method as set forth in  claim 5  wherein the step of determining winning outcome is further defined by providing the winning options presenting different winning combination values defined by “Flush”, “Royal Flush”, “Straight Flush”, “Straight”, “5 of A Kind”, “4 of A Kind”, “3 of A Kind”, “Full House”, “Two Pairs”, and “One Pair”. 
     
     
         7 . A method as set forth in  claim 5  wherein the step of forming the card section having the plurality of segments is further defined by forming five of said segments. 
     
     
         8 . A method as set forth in  claim 1  wherein the step of presenting the playfield having the plurality of sections with the first of the sections presenting several rows is further defined by forming four rows with each of the rows presenting separate suits such as “Spade”, “Clubs”, Diamonds“, and “Hearts” with each of the rows presenting said cells ranging from “Ace” to “2”.

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