Patent ID: 6379245
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method for playing an electronic video Poker card game comprising:the player making an initial wager to participate in the game; providing a processor to control the play of the game and a data structure including data representing a deck of playing cards; the player prompting play of the game, said processor in response to prompting randomly selecting from the data structure and displaying at an electronic display three cards face up; the player discarding one to three of the face up cards, said processor replacing the discarded cards with replacements selected from the data structure; the player opting to (1) fold whereupon the processor reveals a fourth and a fifth card to present a five card hand or (2) place a second wager whereupon the processor reveals a fourth card to present four cards and the player opting to (a) fold whereupon the processor reveals the remaining fifth card to present a five card hand or (b) place a third wager whereupon the processor reveals the remaining fifth card to present a five card hand; and the processor comparing the five card hand of revealed cards with a schedule of winning hands stored in a second data structure and if the five card hand is a winning hand paying the player based upon his wager(s).