System and method of playing a card game
CA 2461463 A1 · Owner: Crawford, Curtis · Inventors: Crawford, Curtis
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As shown in the figure, five cards (18 20, 22, 24, and (26) are initially , displayed to a player face down. Above the five cards are three columns the , first column (28) headed "3 CARDS LEFT" and the right column (30) headed "3 , CARDS RIGHT". The center column (32) does not have a heading and is identified by its position between the left and right columns (28 and 30). All three columns (28, 30, and 32) display the payout associated with various combinations of cards in a typical hand of five-card draw poker. The payout for bets on the five-card combinations in the center column (32) included more possible combinations than are in the left and right column (28 and 30). This because …
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- Filed August 26, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 26, 2022.
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