Claims
- 1. A method for playing an improved game of Pai Gow by a Banker and a Player using a field of tiles comprising:
- the Player opting to make at least one of a base wager and a tie wager;
- dealing four tiles to the Banker and the Player, each of the Player and Banker arranging their tiles into a two tile high hand and a two tile low hand, the high hand having a higher ranking than the low hand according to the rules or ranking of Pai Gow hands;
- if the Player has made the base wager and (a) both his high and low hands outrank the Banker's corresponding high and low hands, declaring the Player to have obtained a winning outcome and the Banker rewarding the Player based upon his base wager, (b) if one but not both of the Player's high or low hands outranks a corresponding one of the Banker's high and low hands, declaring the outcome a push and (c) declaring all other outcomes a loss and the Player losing the base wager to the Banker; and
- if the player has made a tie wager and the outcome is declared a push, rewarding the player based upon his tie wager.
- 2. The method of claim 1 further including rewarding the player for winning tie wagers at least at even money.
- 3. A method for playing an improved game of Pai Gow by a Banker and a Player using a field of tiles comprising:
- the Player opting to make at least one of a base wager, a bonus wager and a tie wager;
- dealing four tiles to the Banker and the Player, each of the Player and Banker arranging their tiles into a two tile high hand and a two tile low hand, the high hand having a higher ranking than the low hand according to the rules or ranking of Pai Gow hands;
- if the Player has made the base wager and (a) both his high and low hands outrank the Banker's corresponding high and low hands, declaring the Player to have obtained a winning outcome and the Banker rewarding the Player based upon his base wager, (b) if one but not both of the Player's high or low hands outranks a corresponding one of the Banker's high and low hands, declaring the outcome a push and (c) declaring all other outcomes a loss and the Player losing the base wager to the Banker;
- if the Player has made the bonus wager and his four tiles include one of pre-determined bonus tile combinations declaring the Player to have obtained a bonus outcome and rewarding the Player based upon his bonus wager; and
- if the player has made a tie wager and the outcome is declared a push, rewarding the player based upon his tie wager.
- 4. The method of claim 3 including rewarding the Player for only the highest ranking bonus tile combination.
- 5. The method of claim 3 including establishing the bonus tile combinations as (a) Supreme and Heaven Pair, (b) Supreme and Earth pair, (c) Heaven Pair and Earth Pair, (d) Lame Duck, (e) Two pair, (f) Supreme, Heaven or Earth Pair, (g) one Pair or (h) Wong or Gong.
- 6. The method of claim 5 including rewarding the Player based upon his bonus wager substantially according to Table 1 if the Player obtains from his four tiles one of the bonus combinations
- TABLE 1______________________________________Bonus Combination Payout______________________________________Supreme and Heaven Pair 200 to 1Supreme and Earth Pair 100 to 1Heaven Pair and Earth Pair 50 to 1Lame Duck 20 to 1Two Pair 10 to 1Supreme, Heaven or Earth Pair 3 to 1One Pair 2 to 1Wong or Gong 1 to 1.______________________________________
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 08/944,804 filed Oct. 6, 1997 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,931,472 by the applicant herein and entitled "Improved Pai Gow Game".
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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