Patent ID: 6371851
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A video poker apparatus comprising:a display; first means for generating a hand including at least five playing cards and for displaying the hand on said display; second means for generating all payable subsets of the hand and for displaying the payable subsets on said display, a universe of payable subsets including, in order of increasing amount of payoff, â€œJacks or better,â€  two pairs, three of a kind, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, seven card straight, straight flush, seven card flush, royal flush, and seven card straight flush; third means for enabling a user to select a desired subset from the displayed payable subsets; fourth means for replacing playing cards in the desired subset with an equal number of additional playing cards and for displaying the additional playing cards on said display alongside the playing cards not in the desired subset; and fifth means for restarting said first and second means after the desired subset is chosen, if a number of displayed payable subsets is at least one.