The present invention combines the elements of strategy board games and round based betting and bluffing card games into a unified structure which yields turn based games that are easy and fun for humans to learn and play but hard for computers to master.

A variant game of Hold 'Em poker allows for rules of play of one or all of players being allowed to remain in game with an option of checking or making specific wagering amounts in first play wagers, being limited in the size of subsequent available play wagers or prohibited from making additional play wagers if a first play wager has been made, being limited in the size of available later play wagers if a first or earlier play wager has been made, and having the opportunity for at least two and as many as three or four distinct opportunities in the stages in the play of a hand to be able to make one or more play wagers.

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Methods of administering wagering games may involve accepting a wager from a player. Seven cards may be dealt to the player and a dealer. The player's card arrangement into a four-card high hand, a two-card medium hand, and a one-card low hand may be accepted. The dealer cards may be arranged into a four-card high hand, a two-card medium hand, and a one-card low hand. The wager may be resolved by comparing each player hand to each corresponding dealer hand. A payout on the wager may be paid to the player when at least two of the player hands outrank a corresponding number of the dealer hands. The wager may be collected when at least two of the player hands are outranked by a corresponding number of the dealer hands.

A card game device is provided in which winning mathematic combinations are used from a single deck of cards using symbols that determine calculations using certain aspects of the game. In this card game no cards are provided to the player. In this card game there could be one or more players. Cards are placed in a game board made out of cloth in which there are nine rectangular shapes displayed in a rectangular array within the center of an octagon shape display. Each bet can be played and/or evaluated using certain aspects of the game. At least some prizes or top winning outcomes for a round of play must include wining outcomes from at least one, and preferably from all bets played by a given player.

Some embodiments may relate to a game in which a house takes a rake as a fee for playing a game. A game may include a multiplayer baccarat game that may add a skill element. For example, a baccarat game may add the ability for player's to bluff, choose whether to request cards, raise, fold, and so on. Other example methods and apparatus are described. Some embodiments may include a rake version of Chinese poker. Some embodiments include an open face version of a card game. Some embodiments include a card game with a virtual player position that allows users to play in the virtual player position.

A system for computer gaming includes a processor configured to provide a first table of a first group of players grouped together to play a first hand and provide to each of the first group of players one or more cards for the first hand. The system includes an interface couple to the processor and configured to receive from a first player of the first group of players a request to fold the one or more cards of the first player. The processor is also configured to automatically move the first player to a second table of a second group of players grouped together to play a second hand.

An electronic gaming table for hosting live table games involving wagers can include a physical surface, a dealer station, a plurality of player terminals, and a table controller. The physical surface permits the play of live table games with a live dealer and physical game components. The dealer station is situated proximate the physical surface and allows the presence of a live dealer who facilitates game play. Player terminals allow live players to play the games and include player terminal processors coupled to player interfaces having input and output devices. A table controller coupled to the player terminals controls various table functions and administers a live table game pitting a first hand against a second hand. Each of multiple live players can make different live game decisions independently based upon the same second hand, wherein resolution of the game varies by player depending upon the different live game decisions.

Gaming table systems include electronic gaming tables, gaming terminals, and a system server. A system or table can be configured to administer a live wager-based table game involving an initial shared hand that is shared by multiple live players. Each player can make different live game decisions regarding discarding physical playing items from the initial shared hand, and game outcomes include final hands that vary by player depending upon the different decisions. The live table game can be draw poker, which can involve dealing five physical cards face up for the initial shared hand and five additional cards face down for a first set of replacement cards before any live game player decisions. A second set of replacement cards can provide a second play from the same initial shared hand. Methods of providing the draw poker game can include preventing further user inputs prior to revealing the face down cards.

An online variant of the game of Hold 'Em poker allows one or all of the players to remain in a game with an option of checking or making specific wagering amounts in first play wagers, being limited in the size of subsequent available play wagers or prohibited from making additional play wagers if a first play wager has been made, being limited in the size of available later play wagers if a first or earlier play wager has been made, and having the opportunity for at least two and as many as three or four distinct opportunities in the stages in the play of a hand to be able to make one or more play wagers.