Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor
Patent
1997-02-12
1998-09-22
Pierce, William M.
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
273274, A63F 100
Patent
active
058103546
ABSTRACT:
A casino poker game in which each player plays his or her poker hand against the poker hand or hands of a banker who is preferably also the dealer. The game comprises a modified version of draw poker wherein the players may discard cards and improve their hands with a draw, and wherein each player elects among high, low and high-low poker rankings to his or her hand for application against the dealer's high and/or low hands. Progressive jackpot and bad beat bonus payments are available for both high and low player hands.
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Jester Games International, L.L.C.
Pierce William M.
Weiss David
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