Patent ID: 8348739
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming method for combined insurance and equity-splitting improvement within an electronic poker game operated by one or more processors, the method comprising the one or more processors performing the steps of: (a) dealing a starting hand of one or more cards to each of a plurality of players participating in a hand of poker of the poker game; (b) conducting a plurality of rounds of betting for the poker hand, wherein one or more players remain in the poker hand after each of round of betting; (c) after each round of betting, offering remaining players the option of purchasing wager insurance in the poker hand; (d) calculating each remaining player's pot equity percentage at the end of each round of betting of the poker hand; (e) offering remaining players the option of purchasing an increased amount of wager insurance at the end of each round of betting, wherein the cost of the additional wager insurance is calculated using two factors, the two factors including a first factor that is the proportional amount of a remaining player's total wager within the poker hand at the time of calculating the cost and a second factor is the inversely proportional amount of a remaining player's pot equity percentage at the time of calculating the cost; and (f) offering remaining players the option of splitting a pot comprising of any bets placed by the plurality of players during one or more of the rounds of betting, immediately in amounts proportional to each remaining player's respective pot equity percentage at the end of any round of betting when (i) all betting on the poker hand is completed and (ii) all remaining players have either made or called an all-in bet.