Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor
Reexamination Certificate
2000-11-09
2002-08-27
Layno, Benjamin H. (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
C273S303000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06439574
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a card game and more particularly to a poker type card game using a combination of dissimilar decks.
BACKGROUND ART
The usual game of live draw poker uses a conventional or standard fifty-two card deck having the ace through deuce in four suits, hearts, clubs, spades and diamonds. The cards are dealt to a selected number of players and the best hand wins according to the usual poker rules. Electronic video poker machines are a one player game in which the player is competing against a pay table. These two poker-type card games are discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,042,118 which is incorporated herein by reference. The casino table poker game has a dealer provided by a house that hosts the game and each player wagers against the dealer. This game is discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,415,415 which is also incorporated herein by reference.
Some attempts have been made to provide a poker type card game that adds cards to a standard fifty-two card deck.
Wood et al. U.S. Pat. No. 5,775,992 discloses the use of five standard fifty-two card decks of playing cards shuffled together in a poker type card game.
Goldman U.S. Pat. No. 5,997,002 discloses the use of a standard fifty-two card deck and five additional jokers in a draw poker type card game.
Savage U.S. Pat. No. 5,415,414 discloses a poker type card game using the standard fifty-two card playing deck plus one additional unique card.
Dabrowski et al. U.S. Pat. No. 5,356,140 uses two standard fifty-two card decks which are not shuffled or mixed together but are dealt separately.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
The method of play of the game of the present invention involves the combination of at least portions of two dissimilar decks in which preferably a draw poker type game may be played as a live game, an electronic video game, or a casino table game. The addition of at least portions of dissimilar decks changes the probability of occurrence of poker hands that differs from the standard fifty-two card playing deck. The first deck is a portion or a full standard fifty-two card playing deck and the second deck preferably is a portion of or a full pinochle deck.
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Layno Benjamin H.
Lewis, Jr. Ancel W.
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