Casino poker games
A method, system, and computer readable storage medium to provide a player versus dealer poker game which allows the dealer to raise based on the contents of the dealers unrevealed hand. The player can then choose to match the dealer's raise or fold. Then, both the player's hand and the dealer's hand are revealed, and the higher hand wins.
1. A method of playing a casino card game, comprising:
receiving at least one ante wager from a player to participate in a game of chance;
automatically forming using an electronic shuffler and dealing using a human dealer an initial player hand and an initial dealer hands using physical cards, wherein a composition of the initial dealer hand is known to an electronic processor prior to delivery;
wherein at least one of the cards in the initial dealer hand is dealt face down;
allowing a player to view the initial player hand;
selecting, using the electronic processor, a player instruction using the composition of the initial dealer hand and a lookup table of possible dealer hands and corresponding instructions, wherein the corresponding instructions are assigned a relative weight, wherein the selecting incorporates randomness;
displaying, on an electronic output device the player instruction to the player, the player instruction generally indicating a strength of the composition of the initial dealer hand without the human dealer's actual knowledge of the composition of the initial dealer hand;
allowing the player to choose to fold or make a consistent play bet that is consistent with the player instruction;
receiving the consistent play bet from the player;
revealing a revealed dealer hand which comprises the initial dealer hand; and
comparing a final player hand which comprises the initial player hand to the revealed dealer hand; and
resolving the consistent play bet based on the comparing.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving at least one ante wager further comprises receiving a blind wager from the player to participate in the game.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initial dealer hand that was automatically formed is identical to the revealed dealer hand.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initial player hand that was automatically formed is identical the final player hand.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein multiple initial player hands are automatically formed for different simultaneous players.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein all cards in the initial dealer hand are delivered face down.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the player instruction is at least one instruction selected from the set consisting of check, 1, 2 and 3 times the ante.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the consistent play bet is selected from the group consisting of checking, making a play wager equal to the ante times the player instruction and making a play wager that is twice the amount of the ante wager times the player instruction.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the consistent play bet is selected from the group consisting of making a play wager equal to the ante times the player instruction and, if the player instruction allows, making a play wager that is twice the amount of the ante wager times the player instruction.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initial player hand and the initial dealer hand each have six cards.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the comparing compares a best five-card hand from the revealed dealer hand and a best five-card hand from the final player hand.