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GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE-HAND POKER GAME

  • US 20080252011A1
  • Filed: 04/10/2007
  • Published: 10/16/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a card game, said method comprising:

  • (a) enabling a player to designate a wager amount;

    (b) dealing cards face-down to form a plurality of two-card player hands and a plurality of two-card house hands from a virtual deck of playing cards;

    (c) sequentially for each player hand;

    (i) revealing the cards in said player hand;

    (ii) if said player hand is not the final player hand or if the player has already placed a wager on a previous player hand, enabling the player to either place a wager of the designated wager amount on said player hand or fold said player hand;

    (iii) if said player hand is the final player hand and the player has not already placed a wager on a previous player hand, requiring the player to place a wager of the designated wager amount on said player hand; and

    (iv) for each hand folded by the player, folding one of the house hands;

    (d) dealing five community cards face-up;

    (e) determining the rank of each wagered on player hand and each non-folded house hand by forming, for each of said hands, the highest ranking five card poker hand from the two cards in said hand and the five community cards; and

    (f) providing a primary award to the player if the rank of at least one of the wagered on player hands is greater than the rank of all of the non-folded house hands, the primary award based, at least in part, on the total value of the placed wagers.

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