Patent ID: 6358144
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a draw poker game comprising:a. dealing a player a first five card hand from a first deck of playing cards with two cards face up and three cards face down; b. dealing the player a second five card hand from a second deck of playing cards with two cards face up and three cards face down; c. dealing the player a third five card hand from a third deck of playing cards with two cards face up and three cards face down; d. dealing the player a fourth five card hand from a fourth deck of playing cards with two cards face up and three cards face down; e. the player selecting the two face up cards from one of the hands; f. duplicating the two face up cards selected by the player as replacement cards for the two face up cards in the other hands; g. revealing the face down cards in each hand; h. for each hand, the player either standing or discarding one or more cards from the hand; i. with regard to each hand position, dealing the player replacement cards for the discarded cards, if any; j. determining a value for each hand based on poker hand ranking; k. awarding the player a predetermined amount based on the value of each hand; l. on a random basis, awarding the player a Red Joker or a Black Joker or both a Red Joker and a Black Joker during the play of the game; and m. if the player receives a Joker during the play of the game, substituting seriatim for each card in each final five card hand that corresponds to the color of the Joker, determining a poker hand ranking for each instance of substitution of the Joker and awarding the player additional payouts in accordance with the pay table for each poker hand ranking.