Patent ID: 6568680
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a card game comprising:a) a player making a total wager to be eligible to play the card game; b) dealing an initial hand comprising five cards all face up; c) prior to any further play of the initial hand, the player selecting two plays of the initial hand and allocating the total wager among the two plays selected by the player; d) the player playing a FIRST PLAY of the initial hand by selecting none, one or more of the face up cards from the first hand as cards to be held; e) discarding from the starting hand the cards that were not selected to be held and replacing each of those cards with a face up card; f) determining the poker hand ranking of the resulting cards of the FIRST PLAY; g) redisplaying the initial starting hand as a SECOND PLAY; h) the player playing the SECOND PLAY of the initial hand by selecting none, one or more of the face up cards of the redisplayed cards as cards to be held; i) discarding from the starting hand the cards that were not selected to be held and replacing each of those cards with a face up card; j) determining the poker hand ranking of the resulting cards of the SECOND PLAY.