Method and device for presenting and playing card-type games
In a method of presenting a game, a player places an ante wager, a secondary wager and one or more optional bonus or side bets via an input receiving device of a gaming table. Three cards are dealt to the player and a dealer, and thereafter two pairs of community cards are dealt. The player must place a tertiary wager to continue the game. The player and dealer attempt to form a highest ranking five card flush hand from their three cards and the community cards. The outcome of the player's ante, secondary and tertiary wagers are determined with reference to at least one of the dealer's hand and the player's hand. The optional bonus or side bets may be resolved relative to certain criteria for cards dealt in the game. Awards for winning wagers or bets may be awarded in accordance with a pay table or via a wheel spin or other award selection event which is initiated by the player.
1. A method of presenting a game to at least one player at an electronic gaming device comprising a gaming table, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving an ante wager, a secondary wager and optionally at least one bonus or side bet from said player, at least one of said wagers or bets placed via at least one input sensor of said gaming table which is connected to a table controller;
dealing three physical playing cards to said player and a dealer from at least one deck of physical playing cards;
receiving an election from said player to check or receiving a tertiary wager of a first amount from said player;
dealing a first and a second community card from said at least one deck of physical playing cards;
when said player does not place said tertiary wager of said first amount, receiving an election from said player to check or receiving a tertiary wager of a second amount from said player;
dealing a third and a fourth community card from said at least one deck of physical playing cards;
when said player does not place said tertiary wager of said first or second amounts, receiving a tertiary wager of a third amount from said player; and
determining an outcome of said player's ante wager, secondary wager and tertiary game with reference only to a flush hand ranking applied to at least one of a best five card flush dealer hand formed from said three cards dealt to said dealer and said first, second, third and fourth community cards, and a player hand formed from said three cards dealt to said player and said first, second, third and fourth community cards, and determining an outcome of said at least one bonus or side bet with reference to one or more of said dealt cards,
wherein when the outcome of the secondary wager is a winning outcome, receiving a spin input from said player at said at least one input sense and initiating a wheel spin award selection event comprising a display of a selection of a segment of a multi-segment wheel at an electronic table display of the gaming table, and awarding an award associated with said selected segment.
2. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said first amount is greater than said second amount and said second amount is greater than said third amount.
3. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said at least one bonus or side bet comprises a Same Suit bonus bet and said step of determining an outcome of said at least one Same Suit bonus bet comprises declaring said Same Suit bonus bet to be winning if said player hand comprises at least four cards of the same suit and awarding an award for a winning optional Same Suit bonus bet.
4. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said step of determining an outcome of said player's ante wager, secondary wager and tertiary wager comprises determining if said dealer hand and said player hand push, wherein if said dealer hand and said player hand push, declaring a push as to said player's ante wager, secondary wager and tertiary wager.
5. The method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said step of determining an outcome of said player's ante wager, secondary wager and tertiary wager comprises determining if said dealer hand qualifies, wherein if said dealer hand qualifies, declaring said ante wager to push, and if said player hand loses to said dealer hand, declaring said secondary and tertiary wagers losing, and if said player hand beats said dealer hand, declaring said tertiary wager winning and declaring said secondary wager winning if said player hand beats said dealer hand with at least four cards to a flush.
6. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein the table controller activates the at least one input sensor to control a time period during which the at least one input sensor can transmit the spin input from the player.
7. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said step of receiving an ante wager and a secondary wager from said player comprise sensing at least one wagering chip via said at least one input sensor and said spin input comprises detecting at least a portion of said player's hand adjacent to said at least one input sensor.
8. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said step of determining an outcome of said player's ante wager, secondary wager and tertiary wager comprises determining if said dealer hand qualifies, wherein if said dealer hand does not qualify and said player's hand does not beat said dealer hand, declaring all of said player's wagers losing, and wherein if said player's hand beats said dealer's hand, declaring said player's ante wager and tertiary wager winning and declaring said secondary wager winning if said player hand beats said dealer hand with at least four cards to a flush.
9. The method in accordance with claim 8 wherein said dealer hand qualifies if it comprises at least a three (3) card flush poker-type hand having a rank of at least a nine (9) high card.
10. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said at least one input sensor comprises a proximity sensor.
11. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said physical playing cards are dealt from a card shoe which reads said cards as they are dealt.
12. The method in accordance with claim 1 further comprising registering said player's wagers and said at least one optional bonus or side bet at a dealer station via the table controller.
13. The method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said at least one bonus or side bet comprises an optional 3 Card Flush side bet and wherein said step of determining an outcome of said at least one bonus or side bet comprises declaring said 3 Card Flush side bet winning if the first three cards dealt in said game comprise a 3 card flush hand.
14. The method in accordance with claim 13 further comprising the step of receiving a spin input from said player at said at least one input sensor an initiating a wheel spin award selection event comprising the display of the selection of a segment of a multi-segment wheel at an electronic table display of the gaming table, and awarding an award associated with said selected segment for said winning 3 Card Flush side bet.
15. The method in accordance with claim 14 comprising awarding an award to said player and awarding a community award to at least one other player who placed said 3 Card Flush side bet.
16. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said first amount comprises 3 times the amount of the ante wager, the second amount comprises 2 times the amount of the ante wager and the third amount is equal to the ante wager.
17. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein when said player does not place said tertiary wager of said first, second or third amounts, collecting said player's ante and secondary wagers.