Patent ID: 9437083
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A63F,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A gaming system, comprising: a server provided in communication with a plurality of subscriber terminals, to maintain a virtual gaming environment that includes a lobby area and a plurality of gaming tables, wherein: wherein the server, responsive to a first player's action representing a request to fold before gameplay reaches the first player at a first table, automatically moves the player from the first table to a second table to make the player active at the second table without interaction in the lobby area; wherein gameplay remains active at the first table for at least one other player and server prevents participation by the first player at the first table in response to the request to fold: wherein the server maintains an appearance that the first player is active at the first table from a time of the request to fold until gameplay at the first table reaches a position of the first player.