Casino table poker wagering event with playing cards

Abstract

A generic method of performing a wagering event includes: a player position posting an ante wager; the player position is dealt two to four face-down cards; a dealer position is dealt at least four down cards and no more than 6 down cards, and one up card; a second wager is posted at the player position or the player position hand folds; sufficient community cards are dealt for use by the player position to a) complete a four-card stud poker hand from a best-of-five total playing cards, or to complete b) a five-card poker hand with a best-of-seven playing cards when at least three cards are dealt face down; and the respective best player position hands and dealer position hands are compared; the respective poker rank at the player position is compared with a paytable to determine resolution of all wagers against the paytable.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A method of performing a wagering event comprises:
 providing a randomized set of a single deck of at least 52 playing cards;   a player position posting an ante wager;
 the player position with an ante wager is dealt at least two and no more than four face-down playing cards; 
 a dealer position is dealt at least four down cards and no more than 7 total playing cards with no more than 6 down playing cards; 
 a second wager being posted at the player position or the player position hand folding; 
 if a second wager has been posted at the player position, sufficient community cards are dealt for use by the player position to a) complete a best of five, best of six or best of seven playing cards four-card stud poker hand or to complete b) a best of six or best of seven playing cards five-card poker hand; 
 in a), standard four-card poker rank with cards at the player position are compared with standard four-card poker rank at the dealer position, respectively; 
 in b), standard five-card poker rank with cards at the player position are compared with standard five-card poker rank at the dealer position; 
 only if the respective poker rank at the player position at least equals the respective poker rank at the dealer position, the respective poker rank at the player position is compared with a paytable to determine resolution of all wagers against the paytable. 
   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein in a) or b), the poker rank at the player position is compared with a paytable to determine resolution of all wagers against the paytable only if the respective poker rank at the player position at least exceeds the respective poker rank at the dealer position. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein all community cards are provided after the second wager has been placed and the player position must use all face-down cards in forming the four-card or five-card player position hand. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2  wherein all community cards are provided after the second wager has been placed and the player position must use all face-down cards in forming the four-card or five-card player position hand. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein a first community card is provided after the second wager has been posted and a third wager may be posted at the player position. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 2  wherein a first community card is provided after the second wager has been posted and a third wager may be posted at the player position and the player position must use all face-down cards in forming the four-card or five-card player position hand. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5  wherein the player may check after the first community card has been provided and remain active in the method. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the player may check after the first community card has been provided and remain active in the method. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  wherein in b), the player position is dealt three face-down playing cards and there are four community cards. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the five-card poker rank at the player position is compared with a paytable to determine resolution of all wagers against the paytable only if the five-card poker rank at the player position at least exceeds the five-card poker rank at the dealer position. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9  wherein all community cards are provided after the second wager has been placed and the player position must use all face-down cards in forming the four-card or five-card player position hand. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10  wherein all community cards are provided after the second wager has been placed and the player position must use all face-down cards in forming the four-card or five-card player position hand. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the first two community cards are provided after the second wager has been posted and a third wager may be posted at the player position before final resolution of the wagering event. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the first two community cards are provided after the second wager has been posted and a third wager may be posted at the player position before final resolution of the wagering event. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the player may check after the first two community cards have been provided and remain active in the method. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the player may check after the first two community cards have been provided and remain active in the method. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the second wager has a value between 1× and 5× the ante wager. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 2  wherein the second wager has a value between 1× and 5× the ante wager. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the second wager has a value between 1× and 5× the ante wager. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the second wager has a value between 1× and 5× the ante wager. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the third wager has a value between 1× and 5× the ante wager. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the third wager has a value between 1× and 5× the ante wager. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 19  wherein the third wager has a value between 1× and 5× the ante wager. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 20  wherein the third wager has a value between 1× and 5× the ante wager. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 1  wherein after a player position poker hand rank is determined to be higher than the dealer position hand rank, a final player position poker hand rank in excess of three-of-a-kind is awarded a bonus payout on the ante wager. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 2  wherein after a player position poker hand rank is determined to be higher than the dealer position hand rank, a final player position poker hand rank in excess of three-of-a-kind is awarded a bonus payout on the ante wager. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 10  wherein after a player position poker hand rank is determined to be higher than the dealer position hand rank, a final player position poker hand rank in excess of three-of-a-kind is awarded a bonus payout on the ante wager. 
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 10  where the player position is dealt exactly four cards face down, and exactly three community cards are dealt before all wagers are finally resolved. 
     
     
         29 . A method of performing a wagering event comprises:
 providing a randomized set of a single deck of at least 52 playing cards;   a player position posting an ante wager;
 the player position with an ante wager is dealt at least two and no more than four face-down playing cards; 
 a dealer position is dealt at least four down cards and no more than 7 total playing cards with no more than 7 down playing cards; 
 a second wager being posted at the player position or the player position hand folding; 
 if a second wager has been posted at the player position, sufficient community cards are dealer for use by the player position to a) complete a best of five, best of six or best of seven playing cards four-card stud poker hand or to complete b) a best of six or best of seven playing cards five-card poker hand; 
 in a), standard four-card poker rank with cards at the player position are compared with standard four-card poker rank at the dealer position, respectively; 
 in b), standard five-card poker rank with cards at the player position are compared with standard five-card poker rank at the dealer position; 
 only if the respective poker rank at the player position at most equals or is lower than the respective poker rank at the dealer position, the respective poker rank at the player position is compared with a paytable to determine resolution of all wagers against the paytable.