Patent ID: 8323083
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A system for playing a succession of poker-type games with a deck of playing cards, said system comprising: (a) at least one display screen; (b) at least one input terminal; (c) a central location connected to carry out a game program, including receiving wagers from said at least one input terminal and generating an image on said at least one display screen; (d) said game program containing instructions for carrying out a game method performed by said system, said method comprising the steps of: (1) forming a starter hand having a first at least one predetermined playing card having a predetermined fixed value, said first at least one predetermined playing card being revealed to a player on said at least one display screen prior to said player wagering, said first at least one predetermined playing card remaining the same for all of said games of said succession of games; and (2) playing said poker-type game a plurality of times in succession, said game comprising the steps of: (i) providing a plurality of sets of community cards comprised of a plurality of playing cards, each of said sets of community cards being combined with said starter hand to produce a complete hand corresponding to each set of community cards; (ii) accepting a wager from said player on said at least one input terminal of one or more of said sets of community cards, said corresponding complete hands being wagered hands; (iii) revealing said sets of community cards on said at least one display screen after said wagering; (iv) determining if any of said wagered hands has a predetermined combination; and (v) paying said player a payout amount if at least one of said wagered hands has said predetermined combination.