Patent ID: 6435509
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
A method for playing a multiple-draw card game of poker comprising, in combination, the steps of:dealing a first hand of at least five cards; selecting as few as none and as many as all of said at least five cards of said first hand as cards to be held; discarding cards from said first hand not selected as cards to be held; duplicating said held cards of said first hand into a second hand; drawing additional cards to complete said first hand to have at least five cards; drawing additional cards to complete said second hand to have at least five cards; providing an option of selecting as few as zero, which would result in discarding one or more cards selected for said first hand, or as many as all of said at least five cards of said second hand as cards to be held; duplicating said held cards of said second hand into a third hand; drawing additional cards, if needed, to complete said third hand to have at least five cards; and determining a poker hand value of a completed first hand and a completed second hand and a completed third hand.