Patent ID: 9483898
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G06Q,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing an electronic card game, the method comprising: providing, by a processor, a first virtual table of player-entries of a first player and a plurality of other players playing a first hand of poker card game, each player having one or more respective player-entries for participating in a respective hand of said card game, receiving, via a communication interface, from said first player's player-entry at said first virtual table a request to fold out of turn from said first hand so as to no longer be actively participating in said first hand; in response to the request to fold, identifying a candidate table for said first player's player-entry from a plurality of tables, assigning the first player-entry to the identified candidate table; and automatically, moving the first player-entry to the assigned table while said first hand is still active for other players at the first virtual table including said player-entry for said second player.