Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-18
2001-03-20
Layno, Benjamin H. (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
Reexamination Certificate
active
06203018
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a card game and method of play and more particularly pertains to providing a unique poker game that varies from normal poker games.
Standard card games, such as poker, have a predetermined hierarchy of winning hands. The highest hand is known as the royal flush, which is comprised of an ace, a king, a queen, a jack, and a ten, all of which are the same suit. Most poker games, such as draw and stud, utilize this hierarchy of winning hands to determine the winner of a particular game. Most poker players are continually seeking new games that will provide a variety to their games. The present invention is a game that will provide poker players with the variety that they seek. The present invention provides a unique hierarchy of winning hands that will cause players to have to change their strategy in order to become successful in the game. The main difference between the present invention and a five card draw poker game is that the traditional poker hand rankings are substantially reversed. The lowest five card hand, exposed at the showdown between active players and the banker/player, is the winner according to a predetermined hierarchy. According to this hierarchy each player tries to get the lowest five-card hand to beat the banker/player, wherein categorically, a straight flush in any face values 8 or lower combination is superior to flushes in any face values 8 or lower combination, which is superior to any face values 8 or lower non-flush straight, which is superior to any face values 8 or lower non-flush non-straight. Within each of these categories, generally the lower numeric value of the highest card in the hand will beat a similar hand with a higher high card. The supreme hand is a five card low straight flush in clubs, which is an automatic winner.
The use of card games is known in the prior art. More specifically, card games heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of providing amusement are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, these patents do not describe a card game and method of play for providing a unique poker game that varies from normal poker games.
In this respect, the card game and method of play according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing a unique poker game that varies from normal poker games.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved card game and method of play which can be used for providing a unique poker game that varies from normal poker games. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of card games now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved card game and method of play. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved card game and method of play and method which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a card game that reverses the traditional rankings of poker. The best five card hand, that includes an eight or lower, is the winner according to a predetermined hierarchy. Each player that is playing is attempting to beat the banker/player's hand.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved card game and method of play which has all the advantages of the prior art card games and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved card game and method of play which may be easily and efficiently marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved card game and method of play which is of durable and reliable construction.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved card game and method of play for providing a unique poker game that varies from normal poker games.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved card game and method of play including a card game that reverses the traditional rankings of poker. The lowest five card hand, that includes an eight or lower, is the winner, according to the predetermined hierarchy. Each player that is playing is attempting to beat the banker/player's hand.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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patent: 5605333 (1997-02-01), Field
patent: 5810354 (1998-09-01), Banyai
patent: 6027119 (1998-08-01), De Lisle
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