Poker-incorporated sports

Abstract

A poker-incorporated sports game is provided. The sports game includes elements each bearing indicia, or marking, of a playing card, such as playing cards used in a poker card game. The participants of the sports game have to perform and meet one or more predetermined challenges or tasks to achieve a poker hand from the elements. The participants strive to meet the challenges in the shorted time possible. An algorithm is then used to calculate the score of each participant, based on the value of the poker hand of and time used by the participant to achieve the poker hand.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A poker-incorporated sports game comprising:
 a plurality of harnesses each including indicia of a playing card;   a plurality of elements, each element equipped with one of the plurality of harnesses having indicia of a playing card;   one or more predetermined challenges; and   an algorithm for calculating a score.   
     
     
         2 . The poker-incorporated sports game of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more predetermined challenges include elements being awarded to a participant of the poker-incorporated sports game. 
     
     
         3 . The poker-incorporated sports game of  claim 2 , wherein the elements being awarded to a participant represent a part of a poker hand. 
     
     
         4 . The poker-incorporated sports game of  claim 3 , wherein the algorithm includes a value of the poker hand and a time taken by the participant to achieve the poker hand. 
     
     
         5 . The poker-incorporated sports game of  claim 1 , wherein the poker-incorporated sports game is an equestrian game. 
     
     
         6 . A poker rodeo sports game comprising:
 a plurality of harnesses each including indicia of a playing card;   a plurality of animals, each animal equipped with one of the plurality of harnesses having indicia of a playing card;   one or more predetermined challenges; and   an algorithm for calculating a score.   
     
     
         7 . The poker rodeo sports game of  claim 6 , wherein the one or more predetermined challenges include cutting and penning a selected animal into a designated pen area of an arena. 
     
     
         8 . The poker rodeo sports game of  claim 7 , wherein the one or more predetermined challenges include cutting and penning four additional animals into the designated pen area to represent a five-card poker hand. 
     
     
         9 . The poker rodeo sports game of  claim 8 , wherein the algorithm includes a value of the five-card poker hand and a time taken to achieve the five-card poker hand. 
     
     
         10 . The poker rodeo sports game of  claim 8 , wherein the algorithm includes a scoring multiplier for the five-card poker hand. 
     
     
         11 . The poker rodeo sports game of  claim 10 , wherein the scoring multiplier includes a human psychology and interference factor. 
     
     
         12 . The poker rodeo sports game of  claim 10 , wherein the score may be calculated by multiplying the score multiplier by a number of seconds left on a game clock when the five-card poker hand is achieved. 
     
     
         13 . The poker rodeo sports game of  claim 6 , wherein the indicia of each playing card is sufficiently large to be visible to a plurality of spectators. 
     
     
         14 . The poker rodeo sports game of  claim 6  further comprises a software application for calculating the score. 
     
     
         15 . A method for playing a poker penning sports game comprising:
 attaching a harness including a card indicia to each animal of a plurality of animals;   bunching the plurality of animals, each animal attached with a harness with a card indicia, into a designated area of an arena;   randomly selecting a hole card which is represented by an animal of a plurality of animals, the animal being attached with a card indicia matching the hole card;   cutting and penning, by a team of horseback riders, the animal being attached with a card indicia matching the hole card into a designated pen area of the arena;   cutting and penning, by the team of horseback riders, four additional animals into the designated pen area of the arena; and   calculating, using an algorithm, a score.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein five animals cut and penned into the designated pen area represent a five-card poker hand. 
     
     
         17 . The method  claim 15 , wherein the algorithm includes the value of the five-card poker hand and a time taken to achieve the five-card poker hand. 
     
     
         18 . The method  claim 15 , wherein the algorithm includes a scoring multiplier for the five-card poker hand. 
     
     
         19 . The method  claim 18 , wherein the scoring multiplier includes a human psychology and interference factor. 
     
     
         20 . The method  claim 15  further comprises a software application for calculating the score.