Resources Contact Us Home Browse by: INVENTOR PATENT HOLDER PATENT NUMBER DATE     Poker tournament system and method Image Number 10 for United States Patent #8128472. A method of playing a poker style card game tournament includes providing an original table at which a plurality of players can compete in the poker style card game. An entry fee for each of the plurality of players is predetermined. The type of poker style card game in which the players will compete is predetermined as is an event outcome from which a winner is determined from the plurality of players. A mechanism is provided that allows each of the plurality of players to pay the predetermined entry fee to enter the tournament. A forum is also provided that allows each of the plurality of players to compete against one another in the predetermined poker style card game. A point-leader is identified from amongst the plurality of players based on an evaluation of the event outcome. The point-leader is advanced to one or more additional tables and is compensated based on their performance at the one or more additional tables. At least one stakeholder is also compensated based on the performance of the point-leader at the one or more additional tables.       Recently Added Patents Methods and apparatus for a suspension system with progressive resistance Miniature vehicle track Power semiconductor apparatus having a silicon power semiconductor device and a wide gap semiconductor device Electrical connector System and process for pulsed multiple reaction monitoring Toggle bolt device File system filter authentication   Randomly Featured Patents Fuel dispenser housing Speed selective table scan operation Mass spectrometer having means for observing the radiation emitted when ions collide with a target gas Low density styrene polymer foams and process for preparing same Epitaxially coated silicon wafer and method for producing an epitaxially coated silicon wafer System and method for debugging highly integrated data processors Methods for forming fiber reinforced composite parts having one or more selectively positioned core, structural insert, or veneer pieces integrally associated therewith Heating circuit for a thermal recording-pen Flip chip monolithic microwave integrated circuit with mushroom-shaped, solder-capped, plated metal bumps Translation lookaside buffer with virtual address conflict prevention © 2006-2008 PatentGenius. All Rights Reserved.