Christopher G Karr

US Patent:

7481433, Jan 27, 2009

Filed:

Feb 13, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/352853

Inventors:

Christopher Geane Karr - Sioux Falls SD, US
Shayn Arthur Damm - Sioux Falls SD, US

International Classification:

A63F 1/00

US Classification:

273292, 273274, 463 13

Abstract:

A poker style card game apparatus and method which allows any or all players the opportunity to win any given round, and utilizes two hands played concurrently utilizing one or more shared card(s). The card game apparatus includes at least one deck of cards and a table. The table preferably includes a plurality of player stations, a community card indicia indicating the placement of one or more community cards to be used by all players equally in completing a small hand and a large hand. Each player utilizes the cards they are dealt, along with the community card(s) to form a large hand, preferably five cards, and a small hand, preferably three cards. A value of the hands formed by each player is then determined according to a payout schedule.