Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor
Patent
1993-06-09
1994-12-20
Layno, Benjamin H.
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
273 85CP, A63F 190
Patent
active
053740670
ABSTRACT:
The disclosed card game variant enables players to compete in the familiar format of a rummy-type game against the house. In a preferred five-card embodiment, players initially ante, then receive four cards face down from the dealer, while the dealer received three cards face down and one card face up. Players electing to continue play after a bet or fold option and the dealer each receive one more card face down to complete a five card hand. The point count total of the hand of each remaining player and the dealer are then determined and compared, with each Ace counting 1, each deuce counting 2, etc., and with tens and face cards each counting 10. Each spread consisting of three or more suited cards in sequence or three or four of a kind counts zero (0). The object of the game is to have a lower point count total than the dealer. The dealer only plays when his hand totals 32 or lower. Any player possessing a hand having a point count total less than that of the dealer's hand wins and receives a payout, with hands having some predetermined point totals receiving a bonus amount designated in a payout table. If the dealer's hand totals more than 32, then each player is paid 1 to 1 on his ante and all other bets are cancelled. The game may be played in both live table and electronic video poker formats.
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