GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE-HAND POKER GAME
First Claim
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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Abstract
A gaming device having a multi-player poker game includes a plurality of two-card hands dealt to a player and to a virtual opponent. First, the player has an option to place a wager on or fold each of the player hands. Then, the gaming device folds a number of dealer hands corresponding to the number of folded player hands and contributes a wager to the pot for each remaining virtual opponent hand in play. A primary award is provided if at least one of the active player hands outranks all of the non-folded virtual opponent hands. A bonus award is provided to the player if the rank of the player'"'"'s winning hand is a predetermined rank.
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Citations
40 Claims
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1. A method of operating a card game, said method comprising:
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(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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A gaming device comprising:
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a display device; a poker game played from a virtual deck of playing cards and configured to be displayed by the display device, said poker game operable upon a primary wager by a player; and a processor programmed to; enable the player to place a primary wager; deal a plurality of two-card player hands face-down and a plurality of two-card dealer hands face-down from a virtual deck of playing cards; select one of the player hands by enabling the player to select one of the plurality of player hands by displaying one of the player hands and allowing the player to accept or reject said hand, for each of the plurality of player hands until the player accepts one of the player hands, the final player hand being automatically selected if the player rejected all of the previous player hands; select one of the plurality of dealer hands by displaying one of the dealer hands and accepting or rejecting said hand, for each of the plurality of dealer hands until one of the plurality of dealer hands has been accepted, the final dealer hand being automatically selected if all of the previous dealer hands are rejected; deal five community cards face-up; determine the rank of the selected player hand and the selected house hand by forming the highest ranking five card poker hand from the two cards in each said hand and the five community cards; and provide a primary award to the player if the rank of the selected player hand is greater than the rank of the selected house hand. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A gaming system comprising:
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a display device; a poker game played from a virtual deck of playing cards and configured to be displayed by the display device, said game operable upon a primary wager by a player; a tracking device configured to determine and store into a memory values of the cards dealt to the player and the dealer; and a processor programmed to; enable the player to place the primary wager; deal a plurality of two-card player hands and a plurality of two-card dealer hands from a virtual deck of playing cards; enable a player to select one of the plurality of player hands by displaying one of the player hands and allowing the player to accept or reject said hand, for each of the plurality of player hands until the player accepts a player hand; select one of the plurality of dealer hands by displaying one of the dealer hands and accepting or rejecting said hand, for each of the plurality of dealer hands until one of the plurality of dealer has been accepted; deal five community cards; determine the rank of the selected player hand and house hand by forming the highest ranking five card poker hand from the two cards in each hand and the five community cards; and provide a primary award to the player if the rank of the selected player hand is greater than the rank of the selected house hand. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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37. A method of playing a card game, said method comprising:
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(a) requiring a player to place an initial ante wager; (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) enabling the player to either place a wager on the player hand or fold the player hand; and (iii) if the player folds the player hand, folding one of the house hands; (d) if any player hands have been wagered on; (i) dealing five community cards face-up; (ii) sequentially for each wagered on player hand and each wagered on house hand, determining the rank of said hand by forming the highest ranking five card poker hand from the two cards in said hand and the five community cards; and (iii) 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 on the total value of the placed wagers and the value of the initial ante wager. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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