Card game

Abstract

The present invention is offered under the name of “Pair Magic”. It is a five-card-stud game, played with at least one conventional poker deck of 52 cards. Two or more players may participate in the game. One of the players is the Banker whom other players play against. A Player who is not a Banker must place a wager playing against the Banker's hand before receiving his or her cards. The Player's hand is compared to the Banker's hand according to its unique and novel rankings, referred as the ‘pair-theme’ rankings; and the Player's wager may be settled according to any one of its predetermined rules. Players who frequently play this novel and unique game, will enjoy the simplicity and excitement that the game provides, and especially, will obtain the opportunities to sharpen their math skill.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 422,379, filed Apr. 24, 2003, now pending, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 715,887, filed Nov. 17, 2000, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 150,562, filed Sep. 10, 1998, now abandoned.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention generally relates to wagering-type card games and, particularly to card games for use in casinos and cardrooms.[0003]Since Poker games, Blackjack, and Baccarat are simple and yet challenging to players, they have become the most popular card games in casinos. The players, who are fond of Poker games, like the simplicity of the games, the excitements the games generate, and especially the familiar Poker rankings of the games: High Card, One Pair, Two Pair, 3 of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind and Straight Flush. The players, who...

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Benefits of technology

[0012]It is an advantage of the present invention that it provides players the novel combination of partial conventional poker rankings and the simple rankings of Baccarat, and the fun of adding up the numerical value of all cards to obtain the value of a Point-Count hand.

[0013]It is another advantage of the present invention is to devise a game that balances the house advantage, great enough to give a casino a fair return on investment while not so large to give players the sense of winning.

[0014]It is also a feature of the present invention that its unique rankings—no pair Point Count, One Pair, Two Pair, 3 of a Kind and 4 of a Kind—is based on a pair-theme concept.

[0015]It is another feature of the present invention that the game offers players five cards for reading enjoyment.

[0016]It is also another feature of the present invention that the game gives players a highly enjoyable and quite relaxing gaming experience while helping them sharpen their math skill.

[0017]Other advantages and features of the present invention will be apparent from the

Problems solved by technology

Its side-bet games are easy and fun to play; however, offering too many side bets would slow down the game, would result in players losing too fast or winning too fast and therefore the game table would be empty more often.

Furthermore, its Poker Bet game is fun yet complicated to play because it requires players using a player-optimal strategy to arrange their 5-dealt cards into a 2-card Low Hand and a 3-card High Hand in an optimal way, and it would be difficult for casino dealers to manage it, because it requires the banker using a banker-optimal strategy to arrange the banker's 5-dealt cards into a 2-card Low Hand and a 5-card High Hand in an optimal way.

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