CrAAcker Poker

Abstract

In a method of playing a house-banked casino card game where a player wages on either a pair of aces or a collection of random hand, known as either table hands or CrAAckers, to win. The table hand is displayed. A set of community cards is displayed. A winning hand is determined between Aces and the table hand based upon a relative ranking of Aces combined with the community cards and a relative ranking of the table hand combined with the community cards. This is repeated for all CrAAckers using the same community cards. Aces must also beat the house edge hand to win. The player is paid in response to the player wagering on the winning hand. In addition to the standard poker ranking to determine the winner, there are exceptions to allow for nonstandard results.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of playing a house-banked casino card game, the method comprising the steps of:
 displaying an exposed preset hand having a pair of aces;   shuffling the remaining cards, and setting table hands faced down and a two card, house edge hand face down, perpendicular to the other cards;   receiving a wager from a player, the wager being placed on one of the exposed preset hand or a set of table hands;   receiving wager for the bonus bets;   displaying one of table hands;   displaying a set of five community cards in the standard manner that Hold'em hands are dealt out;   determining a winning hand between the exposed preset hand combined with the set of community cards and the table hand combined with the set of community cards based upon a relative ranking thereof;   repeating the determining step for all table hands using the same community cards;   exposing the house edge hand and making the best five card poker hand; and   resolving the bets and paying the player in response to the player wagering on the winning hand based on conventional poker rankings and exceptions related to the particular game.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the set of table hands further comprises four 2-card hands with a pair of aces as the exposed preset hand, four random 2-card hands, and a two card random house edge hand. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the set of table hands further comprises two 3-card hands with a pair of aces as the exposed preset hand, two 3-card hands, and a two card random house edge hand. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 displaying a house edge hand and comparing the best poker hand relative to Aces, wherein the CrAAckers win if any if the four table hands beats Aces to make a better five card hand, using the same community cards, bets on CrAAckers cannot lose to Aces Full, the CrAAckers get 5:1 payout for hands making quads or better regardless of this hand beating Aces hand, Aces hand must beat all table hands and the house edge hand to win, and bets on Aces win with Aces Full, if this is the best hand.   
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 displaying a house edge hand and comparing the best poker hand relative to Aces. The method according to  claim 3 , further comprising the CrAAckers win if any if the two table hands beats Aces to make a better five card hand, using the same community cards. CrAAckers get 5:1 payout for hands making quads or better regardless of this hand beating Aces hand. Aces hand must beat all table hands and the house edge hand to win.   
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein at least three cards of the set of community cards is combined with Aces and at least three cards of the set of community cards is combined with each hand of the set of table hands. 
     
     
         7 . A game table comprising:
 a dealer area comprising:   an exposed preset hand area is configured to receive an exposed preset hand having a pair of aces;   a table hand area is configured to receive a set of table hands; and   a community card area is configured to receive a set of community cards that are combined with the exposed preset hand and the set of community cards are combined with the table hands; and   a plurality of player areas.   
     
     
         8 . The game table according to  claim 7 , further comprising:
 a house edge hand area configured to receive one or more house edge hands   
     
     
         9 . The game table according to  claim 7 , wherein the community card area further comprises:
 a flop area;   a turn area; and   a river area.   
     
     
         10 . The game table according to  claim 7 , wherein the dealer area further comprises:
 one or more of a rules listing; and   one or more bonus wager payout information.