Hold'em casino game

Abstract

In a method of playing a house-banked casino card game, an exposed preset hand is displayed. A wager from a player is received. The wager is placed on one of the exposed preset hand and/or a table hand. The table hand is displayed. A set of community cards is displayed. A winning hand is determined between the exposed preset hand and the table hand based upon a relative ranking of the exposed preset hand combined with the community cards and a relative ranking of the table hand combined with the community cards. The player is paid in response to the player wagering on the winning hand.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of playing a house-banked casino card game, the method comprising:
 displaying an exposed preset hand;   receiving a wager from a player, the wager being placed on one of the exposed preset hand and a table hand;   displaying the table hand;   displaying a set of community cards;   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; and   paying the player in response to the player wagering on the winning hand.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 displaying a second table hand in response to determining the exposed preset hand combined with the set of community cards is a higher ranked hand relative to the table hand combined with the set of community cards.   
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 displaying a third table hand in response to determining the exposed preset hand combined with the set of community cards is a higher ranked hand relative to the second table hand combined with the set of community cards.   
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 3 , further comprising:
 displaying a fourth table hand in response to determining the exposed preset hand combined with the set of community cards is a higher ranked hand relative to the third table hand combined with the set of community cards.   
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 displaying a house edge hand in response to the player wagering on the exposed preset hand and further in response to the exposed preset hand combined with the set of community cards being a higher ranked hand than a set of table hands combined with the set of community cards.   
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the exposed preset hand is a pair of aces. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the exposed preset hand is a pair of kings. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the exposed preset hand is a pair of queens. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the set of community cards includes 5 cards and the method further comprises:
 displaying 3 cards of the set of community cards;   displaying a fourth card of the set of community cards in response to the three cards being displayed; and   displaying a fifth card of the set of community cards in response to the fourth card being displayed.   
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 9 , further comprising:
 burning a first card prior to displaying the fourth card; and   burning a second card prior to displaying the fifth card.   
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein at least three cards of the set of community cards is combined with the exposed preset hand and at least three cards of the set of community cards is combined with the table hand. 
     
     
         12 . A method of playing a house-banked casino card game, the method comprising:
 displaying an exposed preset hand;   receiving a wager from a player, the wager being placed on one of the exposed preset hand and a set of table hands;   displaying a first table hand of the set of table hands;   displaying a set of community cards;   determining a relative ranking of the exposed preset hand combined with the set of community cards and a relative ranking of the first table hand combined with the set of community cards;   displaying a second table hand of the set of table hands in response to determining the exposed preset hand combined with the set of community cards is a higher ranked hand relative to the first table hand combined with the set of community cards;   determining a winning hand between the exposed preset hand combined with the set of community cards and the set of table hands combined with the set of community cards based upon a relative ranking of the exposed preset hand combined with the set of community cards and a relative ranking of each hand of the set of table hands combined with the set of community cards; and   paying the player in response to the player wagering on the winning hand.   
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , further comprising:
 displaying a third table hand of the set of table hands in response to determining the exposed preset hand combined with the set of community cards is a higher ranked hand relative to the second table hand combined with the set of community cards.   
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 13 , further comprising:
 displaying a fourth table hand in response to determining the exposed preset hand combined with the set of community cards is a higher ranked hand relative to the third table hand combined with the set of community cards.   
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 12 , further comprising:
 displaying a house edge hand in response to the player wagering on the exposed preset hand and further in response to the exposed preset hand combined with the set of community cards being a higher ranked hand than the set of table hands combined with the set of community cards.   
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the exposed preset hand is a pair of aces. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the exposed preset hand is a pair of kings. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the exposed preset hand is a pair of queens. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the set of community cards includes 5 cards, wherein 3 of the set of community cards are initially displayed, a fourth card is displayed, and a fifth card is displayed. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 19 , further comprising:
 burning a first card prior to displaying the fourth card; and   burning a second card prior to displaying the fifth card.   
     
     
         21 . A game table comprising:
 a dealer area comprising:   an exposed preset hand area is configured to receive an exposed preset hand;   a table hand area is configured to receive one or more 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.   
     
     
         22 . The game table according to  claim 21 , further comprising:
 a house edge hand area is configured to receive one or more house edge hands   
     
     
         23 . The game table according to  claim 21 , wherein the community card area further comprises:
 a flop area   a turn area; and   a river area.   
     
     
         24 . The game table according to  claim 21 , wherein the dealer area further comprises:
 one or more of a rules listing; and   one or more bonus wager payout information areas.