Patents by Inventor Thomas Christian A. Schlumbrecht

Thomas Christian A. Schlumbrecht has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040222591
    Abstract: Bluff Poker is a five-card stud poker game where the player plays a five-card hand against the dealer. Play starts when the player makes the five-card bet. The player will then receive five cards in their hand to play against the dealer. The player is trying for a pair or better to win the odds set on the house pay table for the game. If the player does not receive a five-card hand that qualifies for the pay table the player will lose the five-card bet for the house odds but will then be afforded to make another wager against the dealers hand to save their money. The player can make the Bluff bet where the player plays against the dealer hand. If the player has a higher five-card hand than the dealer the player wins the Bluff bet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventor: Thomas Christian A. Schlumbrecht
  • Publication number: 20040036217
    Abstract: Flop poker is played with each player making an ante bet and a pot bet at the start of the game. Each player is dealt three cards face down and the dealer deals three cards to a designated area on the table face down. Each player plays their hand and determines to stay in the hand by making the flop bet to see the flop cards or by folding the hand and surrendering the ante bet to the house and the pot bet to the player's pot. The players that remain in the game see the flop. All cards are revealed at the same time all at once. They use three cards from their hand and any two cards from the flop. No additional wagering is necessary to use the sixth card to make their best five card poker hand. Any hand that is determined to be a winner will win the house odds that are determined for that specific winning hand. The highest hand on the table also wins the players pot. The game concludes with the dealer revealing all players hands to search for the highest value rank of the poker hands on the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventor: Thomas Christian A. Schlumbrecht