| 摘要 |
Pair 9 Poker Plus is a card game wherein a five card hand is dealt and a single card discard made such that a first and a second two card hand remains of the selected four cards to be held by a player. Wagers and payouts in physical items are provided for which may be electronic, currency or virtual currency that are validated, and, if accepted, establish credit for game play and are likewise utilized for payout. The first two card hand is ranked according to poker and so a pair of aces is high and the second two card hand is ranked according to baccarat rules where a ten, jack, queen or king are zero, the tens digit of the sum of two cards is not part of a point value and so a nine is the highest ranking hand by point value. A virtual dealer uses artificial intelligence from memory stored game rules to make a choice of discard and first and second two card hands to play. |
| 主权项 |
1. Apparatus for playing a game comprising a machine, the machine including an output device, a special purpose computer processor for executing instructions regarding game play including an instruction for displaying a virtual five card player hand on the output device responsive to receipt, validation and identification of a player monetary value wager in physical items, each physical item having a monetary value in fractional or whole currency values, an input device for receiving said player monetary value wager to establish a credit value in physical items, the special purpose computer processor for validating said player monetary value wager as the credit value toward game play in physical items and then for receiving a player command to the special purpose computer processor for discarding one of the displayed five cards of the virtual five card player hand, the input device for further receiving a further command for allocating two of the remaining four cards of the displayed, virtual five card player hand as a first player hand for play and the other two of the remaining four cards as a second player hand for play, a memory coupled to the special purpose computer processor for storing a virtual five card machine hand and a machine selection of a one card discard and first and second two card hands for play of the machine via artificial intelligence, game rules of play being stored in the memory, the special purpose computer processor for selecting the one card discard of the machine and for calculating, determining and outputting the first and second two card hand choices of the machine via artificial intelligence; and
the output device for displaying a player's virtual first and second two card hands for play, the special purpose computer processor determining which of the first two card hands for play of the machine and of the player has a higher ranking closest to a pair of aces, determining which of the second two card hands for play of the machine and of the player has a higher ranking closest to a nine point value where the tens digit is not counted, and causing said apparatus for playing the game to provide a payout in physical items via the output device based on the higher ranking of one of the first and second hands for play of the machine and of the player. |
