APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POKER GAME WITH ADDITIONAL DRAW CARD OPTIONS

• US 20080064462A1
• Filed: 11/05/2007
• Published: 03/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Randall, Dov, Gerrard, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 8,092,291 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/13
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

A gaming device having a poker game with multiple options for the player to purchase extra cards. In one embodiment a stud five card hand is dealt to the player. The player can keep the five cards or purchase an extra card at a first cost. If the player purchases the first card, the player can thereafter keep the six card hand or purchase a second card at a second higher cost. This cycle is repeated for up to a predetermined number of cards such as five additional cards in one embodiment. When five additional cards are purchased, the game provides any accrued award to the player.

Claims

1. A gaming system comprising:

at least one display device configured to display a game;

at least one input device;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to control a play of a poker game by;

(a) receiving an initial wager from a player;

(b) dealing a hand of cards, said hand of cards including a first plurality of cards from a deck of cards;

(c) dealing a second plurality of cards from the deck of cards, said second plurality of cards dealt face-down;

(d) enabling the player to end the poker game or purchase one of the second plurality of cards to add to the player'"'"'s hand for an additional wager;

(e) repeating (d) until the player ends the poker game or until there are no remaining cards in the second plurality of cards for the player to purchase, wherein each time the player purchases one of the second plurality of cards, one of the cards from the second plurality of cards is added to the player'"'"'s hand without regard to any of the cards already in the player'"'"'s hand and such that the quantity of cards in the player'"'"'s hand increases; and

(f) when the player ends the poker game or when there are no cards remaining in the second plurality of cards for the player to purchase, evaluating the cards in the player'"'"'s hand including all of the purchased cards and providing an award to the player if the player'"'"'s hand includes a winning combination of cards.

2. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by enabling the player to select which of the second plurality of cards to add to the hand if the player purchases one of the second plurality of cards to add to the hand.

3. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the first plurality of cards and the second plurality of cards to each include a same number of the cards.

4. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the first plurality of cards to include five cards.

5. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by evaluating the cards in the player'"'"'s hand including all of the purchased cards for a highest value winning combination of five cards.

6. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the additional wager for each sequential purchase of one of the cards in the second plurality of cards to be greater than the additional wager for the previous purchase of one of the cards in the second plurality of cards.

7. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the additional wager for each sequential purchase of one of the cards in the second plurality of cards to be equal to a total amount wagered in the poker game prior to said purchase.

8. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the additional wager for each sequential purchase of one of the cards in the second plurality of cards to be equal to 2n times the initial wager, wherein n=0 for a first one of the purchased cards and increases by one for each additional purchased card.

9. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the deck of cards to include a standard deck of 52 cards and the winning combination of cards to include at least one of the results selected from the group consisting of:

a pair of aces, two pairs, three-of-a-kind, a straight, a flush, a full house, four-of-a-kind, a straight flush and a royal flush.

10. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor resides remote from a housing which supports said at least one display device and said at least one input device.

11. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by dealing at least one of the first plurality of cards in the hand face-up to the player.

12. The gaming system of claim 11, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the game by displaying the added one of the cards face-up to the player if the player purchases one of the second plurality of cards to add to the hand.

13. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by dealing a plurality of the first plurality of cards in the hand face-up to the player.

14. The gaming system of claim 13, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by displaying the added one of the cards face-up to the player if the player purchases one of the second plurality of cards to add to the hand.

15. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by dealing all of the first plurality of cards in the hand face-up to the player.

16. The gaming system of claim 15, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by displaying the added one of the cards face-up to the player if the player purchases one of the second plurality of cards to add to the hand.

17. A gaming system comprising:

at least one display device configured to display a game;

at least one input device;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to control a play of the game by;

(a) receiving an initial wager from a player;

(b) dealing a hand of cards, said hand of cards including a first plurality of cards from a deck of cards;

(c) enabling the player to end the poker game or purchase one of a second plurality of cards to add to the player'"'"'s hand for an additional wager, wherein the number of second plurality of cards is predetermined;

(d) repeating (c) until the player ends the poker game or until there are no remaining cards in the second plurality of cards for the player to purchase, wherein each time the player purchases one of the second plurality of cards, one of the cards from the second plurality of cards is added to the player'"'"'s hand without regard to the cards already in the player'"'"'s hand and such that the quantity of cards in the player'"'"'s hand increases; and

(e) when the player ends the poker game or when there are no cards remaining in the second plurality of cards, evaluating the cards in the player'"'"'s hand including all of the purchased cards and providing an award to the player if the player'"'"'s hand includes a winning combination of cards.

18. The gaming system of claim 17, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by enabling the player to select which of the second plurality of cards to add to the hand if the player purchases one of the second plurality of cards to add to the hand.

19. The gaming system of claim 17, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the first plurality of cards and the second plurality of cards to each include a same number of the cards.

20. The gaming system of claim 17, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the first plurality of cards to include five cards.

21. The gaming system of claim 17, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by evaluating the cards in the player'"'"'s hand including all of the purchased cards for a highest value winning combination of five cards.

22. The gaming system of claim 17, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the additional wager for each sequential purchase of one of the cards in the second plurality of cards to be greater than the additional wager for the previous purchase of one of the cards in the second plurality of cards.

23. The gaming system of claim 17, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the additional wager for each sequential purchase of one of the cards in the second plurality of cards to be equal to a total amount wagered in the poker game prior to said purchase.

24. The gaming system of claim 17, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the additional wager for each sequential purchase of one of the cards in the second plurality of cards to be equal to 2n times the initial wager, wherein n=0 for a first one of the purchased cards and increases by one for each additional purchased card.

25. The gaming system of claim 17, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the deck of cards to include a standard deck of 52 cards and the winning combination of cards to include at least one of the results selected from the group consisting of:

a pair of aces, two pairs, three-of-a-kind, a straight, a flush, a full house, four-of-a-kind, a straight flush and a royal flush.

26. The gaming system of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor resides remote from a housing which supports said at least one display device and said at least one input device.

27. The gaming system of claim 17, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by dealing at least one of the first plurality of cards in the hand face-up to the player.

28. The gaming system of claim 27, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the game by displaying the added one of the cards face-up to the player if the player purchases one of the second plurality of cards to add to the hand.

29. The gaming system of claim 17, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by dealing a plurality of the first plurality of cards in the hand face-up to the player.

30. The gaming system of claim 29, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by displaying the added one of the cards face-up to the player if the player purchases one of the second plurality of cards to add to the hand.

31. The gaming system of claim 17, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by dealing all of the first plurality of cards in the hand face-up to the player.

32. The gaming system of claim 31, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by displaying the added one of the cards face-up to the player if the player purchases one of the second plurality of cards to add to the hand.

33. A gaming system comprising:

at least one display device configured to display a game;

at least one input device;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to control a play of the game by;

(a) receiving an initial wager from a player;

(b) dealing a hand of cards face-up to the player, said hand of cards including a first plurality of cards from a standard deck of 52 cards;

(c) dealing a second plurality of cards face-down to the player from the deck of cards;

(d) enabling the player to end the poker game or purchase one of the second plurality of cards to add to the player'"'"'s hand for an additional wager;

(e) repeating step (d) until the player ends the poker game or until there are no remaining cards in the second plurality of cards for the player to purchase, wherein each time the player purchases one of the second plurality of cards, one of the second plurality of cards is displayed to the player and added to the player'"'"'s hand without regard to the cards already in the player'"'"'s hand and such that the quantity of cards in the player'"'"'s hand increases, and wherein the additional wager for each sequential purchase of one of the cards in the second plurality of cards is greater than the additional wager for the previous purchase of one of the cards in the second plurality of cards; and

(f) when the player ends the poker game or when there are no remaining cards in the second plurality of cards for the player to purchase, evaluating the cards in the player'"'"'s hand including all of the purchased cards, and providing an award to the player if the player'"'"'s hand includes a winning combination of cards.

34. The gaming system of claim 33, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the first plurality of cards and the second plurality of cards to each include a same number of the cards.

35. The gaming system of claim 34, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the first plurality of cards to include five cards.

36. The gaming system of claim 33, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by evaluating the cards in the player'"'"'s hand including all of the purchased cards for a highest value winning combination of five cards.

37. The gaming system of claim 33, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the additional wager for each sequential purchase of one of the cards in the second plurality of cards to be equal to a total amount wagered in the poker game prior to said purchase.

38. The gaming system of claim 33, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the additional wager for each sequential purchase of one of the cards in the second plurality of cards to be equal to 2n times the initial wager, wherein n=0 for a first one of the purchased cards and is increased by one for each additional purchased card.

39. A gaming system comprising:

at least one display device configured to display a game;

at least one input device;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to control a play of the game by;

(a) dealing randomly a hand of cards including a plurality of cards from a standard deck of 52 cards face-up;

(b) enabling a player to sequentially purchase a plurality of additional cards one at a time to add to the player'"'"'s hand, wherein the purchase of each additional card increases sequentially in cost;

(c) each time the player purchases one of the additional cards, adding said purchased additional card to the player'"'"'s hand, without regard to the cards already in the player'"'"'s hand, such that the quantity of cards in the player'"'"'s hand increases; and

(d) when the player chooses not to purchase any of the or more of the additional cards or if no more additional cards remain to purchase, evaluating the player'"'"'s hand including all of the purchased additional cards for winning combinations, and providing an award to the player for the highest value winning combination in the player'"'"'s hand.

40. The gaming system of claim 39, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the cost for each sequential purchase of the additional card to be equal to a total amount wagered in the poker game prior to said purchase.

41. The gaming system of claim 39, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing the cost for each sequential purchase of the additional card to be equal to 2n times an initial wager, wherein n=0 for a first one of the additional cards and is increased by one for each additional card.

42. The gaming system of claim 39, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by causing said plurality of cards to include five cards.

43. The gaming system of claim 39, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to control the play of the poker game by providing an award to the player for the highest value winning combination of five cards in the player'"'"'s hand.