Patent ID: 6572470
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
A method of playing a card game on a computer with one or more players, the method comprising:(A) providing a central processing unit programmed to perform the following steps: (i) define a virtual deck of cards; (ii) set up a series of quality combinations according to a predefined set of game criteria which a given hand must achieve in order to win, each hand comprising a predetermined number of cards; (iii) deal from the deck, a plurality of hands of cards; (iv) determine whether any hand has achieved a quality combination, and, if not, assessing for each hand which cards in that hand best assist the hand in achieving one or more of said quality combinations; (v) discard from each hand, the cards which do not assist in achieving one of the said quality combinations; (vi) establish a betting value for each hand based on the likelihood of that hand achieving a said quality combination when the discarded cards are placed with the new cards from the deck; (vii) replace the discarded cards for each hand; (B) providing at least one display device connected to the central processing unit for displaying the plurality of hands to one or more of the players; wherein the steps (iii) to (vii) are repeated by the central processing unit until at least one hand achieves a quality combination.