Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor
Reexamination Certificate
2001-10-23
2003-03-25
Layno, Benjamin H. (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
C273S274000, C273S309000, C273S236000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06536769
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a card game and method of playing the same such as would be played at a casino using a special deck of cards and a minimum of equipment.
Various prior art card games used in gaming casinos are relatively complicated and require knowledge of the odds beyond that of an unskilled person player.
Blackjack or twenty-one is one example of such a game, where a player must make decisions as to whether to draw additional cards. Also, a widely played casino game, baccarat or chemin de fer, requires counting and the rules for drawing of cards is complicated and controlled by the dealer, rather than the player.
Applicant is also aware of casino card games protected by U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,659,087 and 5,275,415. In U.S. Pat. No. 4,659,087, the game requires players to maintain two pairs of cards while playing, as well as requiring the dealer to play, who usually is the bank. Such play is entirely different than the present invention.
In U.S. Pat. No. 5,275,415, a card game is disclosed wherein each player makes a wager or wagers and then is dealt two face “down” cards. Each player may look at the face “down” cards and consider whether the total count makes 22 or less. If it makes 22, that person is automatically a winner and stands pat. If less than 22, the player may receive “hits” in the form of additional “up” cards until 22 is reached or exceeded or the total is less than 22 but considered sufficient by the player to “stand on”. This game is similar to blackjack but also different than that of the present invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The card game of the present invention is played with a special deck of cards consisting only of aces, deuces and treys in each of the four suits. Preferably the deck is comprised of 44 stripped standard decks of fifty-two cards. Each player receives three cards from a dealer after he “antes” into a pot called the “Tops” and can stand pat, or discard and draw one new card. Any player who has three of a kind suited (i.e., of the same suit), three of a kind non-suited (i.e., of two or more suits), or sequentially suited cards is paid a proportional betting unit based on odds, by all other players. Players who do not have one of the designated hands described will remain in the game. The dealer will then draw and turn up an additional card (“the action card”). Any player who has a card that matches the action card will receive one betting unit, or if two match, two betting units, from each player. The matching cards are discarded. The dealer will deal three action cards only. The first player to eliminate all of their cards gets paid as stated and additionally receives the Tops or ante. If no player is able to eliminate all their cards, the Tops will be awarded to the player with the fewest cards or split among the players tied with the fewest cards.
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Palacios Steven
Stillwell James
Collins D
Girardi Financial
Layno Benjamin H.
O'Neill James G.
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