Triple poker card table and method for playing new five-card draw game using the card table thereof

1 . A Triple Poker card table, with which players use at least one deck of special designed playing cards to play a new Five-Card Draw game and bet up to 3~6 bets at a time, wherein each of the special designed playing cards contains a first row, a second row, and a third row vertically arranged from top to bottom on a surface of the special designed playing cards, and the first row contains three of the same number or letter with the same suit, the second row contains three of the same number or letter with the same suit, the third row contains three of the same number or letter with the same suit, and the numbers or letters between each row are different, the Triple Poker card table comprising:

a table structure, with a surface that has a plurality of player areas and three community card slots, and each player area is provided with a first bet location, a second bet location, and a third bet location, these bet locations are arranged vertically, and the first bet location corresponds to the first row on the surface of the special designed playing cards, the second bet location corresponds to the second row on the surface of the special designed playing cards, and the third bet location corresponds to the third row on the surface of the special designed playing cards, and there are a first split location, a second split location, and a third split location that are adjacent to the first bet location, the second bet location, and the third bet location respectively; and two table legs, which are set under the table structure.

2 . The Triple Poker card table of claim 1 , wherein a bottom surface of the table structure is provided with two holes, and one end of each of the table legs is correspondingly provided with a convex part, so that each convex part is inserted into a corresponding one of the two holes to fix the table legs to the table structure.

3 . The Triple Poker card table of claim 2 , wherein the depth of the holes is 3 and ⅛ inch, and the distance between the holes and a nearest end cap is also 3 and ⅛ inch.

4 . The Triple Poker card table of claim 3 , wherein the bottom surface of the table structure is provided with a convex column, and the convex column is horizontally arranged at the middle section of the bottom surface of the table structure, and the holes are arranged on the convex column.

5 . The Triple Poker card table of claim 1 , wherein the first row, the second row, or the third row on at least one of the special designed playing cards contains letters of “WILD”, and “WILD” represents any number or letter and suit combination that a player or a dealer chooses in order to build the best possible hand.

6 . The Triple Poker card table of claim 5 , wherein the suit of the first row, the second row, and the third row are all different.

7 . A method for playing a new Five-Card Draw game between at least one player and a dealer using at least one deck of the special designed playing cards of claim 1 on the Triple Poker card table of claim 1 , the method comprising steps of:

A) having at least one player place at least one wager to participate in the new Five-Card Draw game, wherein the at least one wager can be put on any one or two or all three of the first bet location, the second bet location, and the third bet location;

B) dealing five special designed playing cards to each of the at least one player facing up in a clockwise manner;

C) dealing five special designed playing cards to the dealer with two first special designed playing cards facing up, and three second special designed playing cards facing down;

D) waiting for each of the at least one player to decide whether to place another wager or fold on any one or two or all three of the first bet location, the second bet location, and the third bet location, then;

a) if the at least one player decides to fold on any one or two of the first bet location, the second bet location, and the third bet location, the dealer takes the wager placed on the corresponding bet location, and moves to next step;

b) if the at least one player decides to fold on all three of the first bet location, the second bet location, and the third bet location, the dealer takes the wager placed on the corresponding bet locations, and the game is over; or

c) if the at least one player decides to place another wager on any one or two or all three of the first bet location, the second bet location, and the third bet location, the game moves to next step;

E) dealing one community card using the special designed playing cards facing up in a first of the three community card slots;

F) repeating step (D) and corresponding sub-steps;

G) dealing one more community card using the special designed playing cards facing up in one of the remaining community card slots;

H) repeating step (D) and the corresponding sub-steps;

I) dealing a last community card using the special designed playing cards facing up in a last remaining community card slot;

J) repeating step (D) and the corresponding sub-steps;

K) revealing the second special designed playing cards in the dealer's hand, and determining which row combining the community cards forms a best possible hand and use that row to compete with the at least one player's best possible hand for each row that has put the at least one wager on the corresponding bet location; and

L) completing the new Five-Card Draw game according to conventional rules of play.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the first row, the second row, or the third row on at least one of the special designed playing cards contains letters of “WILD”, and “WILD” represents any number or letter and suit combination that the at least one player or the dealer chooses in order to build the best possible hand.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the suit of the first row, the second row, and the third row are all different.

10 . A method for playing a new Five-Card Draw game between at least one player and a dealer using at least one deck of the special designed playing cards of claim 1 on the Triple Poker card table of claim 1 , the method comprising steps of A) having at least one player place at least one wager to participate in the new Five-Card Draw game, wherein the at least one wager can be put on any one or two or all three of the first bet location, the second bet location, and the third bet location;

B) dealing five special designed playing cards to each of the at least one player facing up in a clockwise manner;

C) dealing five special designed playing cards to the dealer with two first special designed playing cards facing up, and three second special designed playing cards facing down, then;

i) if the numbers or letters in any row of the two first special designed playing cards dealt to the at least one player's hand are the same, the at least one player can split the first two special designed playing cards and put at least one wager in the first split location, the second split location, and/or the third split location based on the at least one player's decision, then deal eight additional special designed playing cards to the at least one player to make the two first special designed playing cards form a five-card hand respectively after split;

D) waiting for each of the at least one player to decide whether to place another wager or fold on any of the first bet location, the second bet location, the third bet location, the first split location, the second split location, and/or the third split location, then;

a) if the at least one player decides to fold on any of the first bet location, the second bet location, the third bet location, the first split location, the second split location, and/or the third split location, the dealer takes the wager placed on the corresponding bet location and/or the corresponding split location, and moves to next step;

b) if the at least one player decides to fold on all of the first bet location, the second bet location, the third bet location, the first split location, the second split location, and the third split location, the dealer takes all the wager placed on the corresponding bet locations and the corresponding split location, and the game is over; or c) if the at least one player decides to place another wager on any of the first bet location, the second bet location, the third bet location, the first split location, the second split location, and/or the third split location, the game moves to next step;

E) dealing one community card using the special designed playing cards facing up in the community card slots;

F) repeating step (D) and corresponding sub-steps;

G) dealing one more community card using the special designed playing cards facing up in the remaining community card slots;

H) repeating step (D) and the corresponding sub-steps;

I) dealing a last community card using the special designed playing cards facing up in a last remaining community card slots;

J) repeating step (D) and the corresponding sub-steps;

K) revealing the second special designed playing cards in the dealer's hand, and determining which row combining the community cards forms a best possible hand and use that row to compete with the at least one player's best possible hand for each row that has put the at least one wager on the corresponding bet location; and

L) completing the new Five-Card Draw game according to conventional rules of play.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the first row, the second row, or the third row on at least one of the special designed playing cards contains letters of “WILD”, and “WILD” represents any number or letter and suit combination that the at least one player or the dealer chooses in order to build the best possible hand.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the suit of the first row, the second row, and the third row are all different.