Poker game with blind bet and player selectable play wager
A system and method for conducting wagering games utilizing one or more decks of standard playing cards preferably including the steps of: receiving an ante wager from a player; receiving a blind wager from the player; dealing a plurality of cards to the player to form a player's hand; dealing a plurality of cards to a dealer to form a dealer's hand; receiving a play wager from the player or the player folding; comparing the poker rank of the player's hand with the poker rank of dealer's hand to resolve the ante and play wagers, wherein the player wins the ante and play wagers if the player's hand outranks the dealer's hand; and comparing the player's hand with a predetermined winning criteria to resolve the blind wager, wherein the player wins the blind wager if the player's hand satisfies the predetermined winning criteria and outranks the dealer's hand, the blind wager pushes if the player's hand outranks the dealer's hand but does not satisfy the predetermined winning criteria, and the blind wager loses when the dealer hand outranks the player hand and the player does not satisfy the predetermined winning criteria.
1. A method of conducting a wagering game based upon three-card poker rank utilizing one or more decks of standard playing cards comprising the steps of:
providing a physical deck of playing cards;
receiving an ante wager from a player;
receiving a blind wager from the player;
dealing a first number cards to each player to form at least one player hand;
dealing a second number of cards to a dealer to form a dealer's hand;
receiving a play wager from the player, the play wager being a multiple of the ante wager, the multiple being at least 1 and being selectable by the player;
comparing the three-card poker rank of the player's hand with the three-card poker rank of dealer's hand to resolve the ante and play wagers, wherein the player wins the ante and play wagers if the poker rank of the player's hand outranks the poker rank of the dealer's hand; and
comparing the player's hand with a predetermined winning criteria to resolve the blind wager, wherein the player wins the blind wager if the player's hand satisfies the predetermined winning criteria and the three-card poker rank of the player's hand outranks the three-card poker rank of the dealer's hand, the blind wager pushes if the poker rank of the player's hand outranks the three card poker rank of the dealer's hand but the player's hand does not satisfy the predetermined winning criteria, and the blind wager loses if the player's hand has a lower poker rank than the dealer's hand and the player hand does not satisfy the predetermined winning criteria.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the final number of cards in the player and dealer hands is equal to three.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the final number of cards in the player and dealer hands is equal to four.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein an initial number of cards in the player and dealer hands is at least five.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the player views his cards, the player must make an additional Play wager that is a multiple of the Ante wager to stay in the game, wherein the multiple is selectable by the player.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the Ante wager and Blind wager are forfeited if the play wager is not received from the player.
7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the play wager is a multiple of the ante wager selected by the player when a three card poker rank of the player's hand outranks a qualifying hand rank, wherein the multiple is greater than 1 and the qualifying hand rank is one pair or greater.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving the ante wager and receiving the blind wager are required to permit the player to play the game.
9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the ante and blind wagers must be wagers of an equal amount.
10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:
receiving a Bonus wager from the player; and
providing a Bonus payout to the player if the poker rank of the player's hand is equal to or outranks one Pair.
11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the Bonus wager is resolved prior to the step of receiving a play wager from the player and the Bonus payout is provided to the player regardless of whether the Play wager is received from the player.
12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the Bonus payout increases depending on the rank of the player's poker hand rank.
13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising the Bonus payout amount is a whole number multiple of the Bonus wager.
14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the hands are ranked according to a scale, wherein A=Ace, K=King, Q=Queen, J=Jack and numbers 10 to 2 designate the other cards:
Highest:
Straight Flush:
Three of one suit in sequence
AKQ highest
KQJ next highest
QJ10 next highest,
and so on, until
32A lowest
Three of a Kind:
Three of one rank
AAA highest
KKK next highest,
and so on, until
222 lowest
Straight:
Three of mixed suits in sequence
AKQ highest
KQJ next highest,
and so on, until
32A lowest
Flush:
Three of one suit
AKJ highest
AK10 next highest,
and so on, until
532 lowest
Pair:
Two of same rank
AAK highest
AAQ next highest,
and so on, until
223 lowest
Lowest:
High card:
A hand comprising none of the above
AKJ highest
AK10 next highest,
and so on.
15. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:
revealing the dealer's hand to the player upon the play wager being received from the player; and
comparing the poker rank of the dealer's hand with a predetermined qualifying rank, wherein the ante wager is returned to the player if the predetermined qualifying rank outranks the poker rank of the dealer's hand and the player wins the play wager if both the predetermined qualifying rank and poker rank of the player's hand outrank the poker rank of the dealer's hand.
16. A method of conducting a wagering game based on poker utilizing one or more decks of standard playing cards comprising the steps of:
providing a physical deck of playing cards;
receiving an Ante wager from a player to participate in a round of a game;
receiving a Blind wager from the player;
dealing a plurality of cards to the player to form a player's hand, wherein the player is permitted to view the player's hand;
dealing a plurality of cards to a dealer to form a dealer's hand, wherein the dealer's hand is not displayed to the player;
receiving a play wager from the player, wherein the player forfeits the Ante and Blind wagers and does not continue in the round if the play wager is not received;
revealing the dealer's hand to the player;
comparing a three-card poker rank of the player's hand with the three-card poker rank of dealer's hand to resolve the ante and play wagers, wherein the player wins the Ante and Play wagers if the poker rank of the player's hand outranks the poker rank of the dealer's hand; and
comparing the player's hand with predetermined winning criteria to resolve the blind wager, wherein the player wins the blind wager if the player's hand satisfies the predetermined winning criteria and the poker rank of the player's hand outranks the three card poker rank of the dealer's hand, the blind wager pushes if the three-card poker rank of the player's hand outranks the three-card poker rank of the dealer's hand but the player's hand does not satisfy the predetermined winning criteria and the blind bet loses when the dealer's hand outranks the player's three-card poker hand and the player's hand does not satisfy the predetermined winning criteria.
17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the player and dealer hands are three card hands, and the predetermined winning criteria are three card poker hand rankings.
18. The method according to claim 17 , further comprising the step of awarding a payout to a player winning the blind wager, wherein the payout is a preset multiple of the blind wager.
19. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising the step of:
comparing the three card poker rank of the dealer's hand with a predetermined qualifying rank, wherein the Ante wager is returned to the player if the predetermined qualifying rank outranks the three card poker rank of the dealer's hand and the player wins the Play wager if the predetermined qualifying rank and the three card poker rank of the player's hand outranks the three card poker rank of the dealer's hand.
20. A computer program embedded in a computer executing medium, which program when executed, enables the computer to perform a method of playing a poker wagering game that uses an established set of rules to determine winning or losing outcomes, the program performing steps comprising:
a) the computer containing a database for storing game data relating to rules of a poker-type game, and a predetermined blind wager winning criteria and a pay table relating thereto;
b) the computer containing a processor for:
i) receiving an ante wager from a player;
ii) receiving a blind wager from the player;
iii) dealing at least three cards to the player to form a player's hand;
iv) dealing at least three cards to a dealer to form a dealer's hand;
v) receiving a play wager from the player, the play wager being a player selectable multiple of the ante wager;
vi) comparing the three card poker rank of the player's hand with the three card poker rank of dealer's hand to resolve the ante and play wagers, wherein the player wins the Ante and Play wagers if the player's hand outranks the dealer's hand;
vii) comparing the player's hand with the predetermined blind wager winning criteria to resolve the blind wager, wherein the player wins the blind wager if the player's hand satisfies the predetermined blind wager winning criteria and outranks the dealer's hand, the blind wager pushes when the player's hand outranks the dealer's hand but does not satisfy the predetermined winning criteria, and the blind wager loses when the player's hand does not beat the dealer's hand and does not satisfy the predetermined winning criteria and
c) a user interface configured for facilitating player wagers and communicating game activity.
21. A method of playing a wagering game, comprising:
providing a physical deck of playing cards;
placing an Ante wager to participate in a game of chance against a dealer; wherein the game of chance is a card game based on three-card poker rankings;
placing a blind wager on the occurrence of the player hand outranking the dealer hand and the player hand being at least one predetermined winning combination, the blind wager pushing when the player hand outranks the dealer hand in three-card poker rank but the player hand is not a predetermined winning combination;
dealing physical cards to each player to form at least one player hand;
dealing physical cards to a dealer to form a dealer's hand;
receiving a play wager from the player, the play wager being a multiple of the ante wager, the multiple being at least 1 and being selectable by the player;
comparing the three-card poker rank of the player's hand with the three-card poker rank of the dealer's hand to resolve the ante and play wagers, wherein the player wins the ante and play wagers if the poker rank of the player's hand outranks the poker rank of the dealer's hand; and comparing the player's hand with a predetermined winning criteria to resolve the blind wager, wherein the player wins the blind wager if the player's hand satisfies the predetermined winning criteria and the three-card poker rank of the player's hand outranks the three-card poker rank of the dealer's hand, the blind wager pushes if the poker rank of the player's hand outranks the three card poker rank of the dealer's and but the player's hand does not satisfy the predetermined winning criteria, and the blind wager loses if the player's hand has a lower poker rank than the dealer's hand and the player hand does not satisfy the predetermined winning criteria.