Patent ID: 8662979
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of conducting an electronic poker game comprising: utilizing at least a processor for: displaying on a display one or more hole cards to each of two or more players; allowing via a user interface one or more betting rounds to occur and placing bets into a poker hand pot; responsive to two or more players remaining in the poker hand and no more betting possible prior to an end of a poker hand, providing the remaining players with an option via said user interface to allocate the poker hand pot between each of said two or more players according to respective winning percentages of each remaining player winning the poker hand pot if the poker hand was played to a conclusion; responsive to one or more remaining players declining the option to allocate the poker hand pot, displaying one or more remaining playing cards to complete the poker hand and paying a winning player the poker hand pot; and responsive to each of said remaining players accepting the option to allocate the poker hand pot, collecting an allocation fee from the poker hand pot and then allocating the poker hand pot, minus the allocation fee, between said two or more players according to said respective winning percentages of each remaining player winning the pot if the poker hand was played to a conclusion.