Patent ID: 8177618
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. In a computer system having equipment including a data processor, a memory device, a software instruction set, a central display and a plurality of player modules, the player modules each having a module display enabled for displaying data from the data processor, and a selection device enabled for sending data to the data processor, the equipment adapted for presenting and controlling a wagering card game having a method of card play controlled by the software instruction set, comprising the steps of: a) presenting playing cards, as signals from the data processor to each said module display, thereby establishing a card hand of each player of a plurality of players of the wagering card game; b) sending betting signals from the selection devices to the data processor thereby completing at least one betting round of wagering; c) establishing a necessary condition for equity play in the wagering card game, the necessary condition requiring that no further betting is possible and yet at least one more round of card dealing remains to be dealt, according to rules of the wagering card game; d) calculating an equity of each said card hand of each active said player; e) calculating a distribution of a pot of the card game in accordance with the calculated equity of each said card hand; and f) displaying, on the central display, the distribution of the pot and a new value of betting chips for each said plurality of players.