Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-24
2007-07-24
Kim, Eugene (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
C273S274000, C273S309000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10602015
ABSTRACT:
A method of playing a wagering card game for a number of player using standard playing cards having a standard rank and involving standard poker hand rankings comprises: each player placing at least four distinct wagering parts to participate in the game; dealing three cards to each player and at least two common cards, all of the at least two common cards being dealt face down; giving each player the chance to examine the cards received by that player and to withdraw at least a first part of the at least four distinct wagering parts wager based on the rank of the player's cards prior to one of the at least two common cards being dealt face down being exposed; showing the at least one common card, thereby providing at least a partial hand for each player, each player's at least a partial hand comprising the shown at least one common card and the cards each player was dealt; allowing each player to withdraw a second part of the at least four wagering parts and forfeiting a third part of the at least four wagering parts; showing at least one more common card to expose all common cards that had been dealt face down; and resolving each player's remaining wager based on the rank of that player's hand, which remaining wager was not withdrawn.
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Collins Dolores R.
Kim Eugene
Mark A. Litman & Associates P.A.
Shuffle Master, Inc.
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