Patent ID: 8038154
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a poker game on a gaming machine with a video screen, wherein the method comprises: A) A player starting a game by making wagers to play a facedown five-card hand from a once previously shuffled 52-card poker deck, wherein the player can play between one and ten facedown five-card hands from said same 52-card poker deck, wherein the player makes a wager for each facedown five-card hand, and wherein the wager for a facedown five-card hand can be different from the wagers for the other facedown five-hand cards; B) The Machine Dealing to the player between one and ten facedown five-card hands from said same 52-card poker deck; C) Opening the five-card hands from said same 52-card poker deck; D) Determining the poker hand ranking of each one of the five-card hands; E) If any of the five-card hands is a winning combination, awarding the player a pre-established winning amount based on the amount of the wager for each five-card hand; and wherein, if any of the five-card hands is a winning combination above three of a kind and if there are remaining cards from said same poker deck, rewarding to the player another five card hand for each winning combination, wherein the rewarding five card hands are taken from the remaining cards of said same unshuffled poker deck; wherein the remaining cards from said same deck could be 47 19 if one initial five-card hand was played, 42 if two initial five-card hands were played, 37 if three initial five-card hands were played, 32 if four initial five-card hands were played, 27 if five initial five-card hands were played, 22 if six initial five-card hands were played; 17 if seven initial five-card hands were played; 12 if eight initial five-card hands were played; 7 if nine initial five-card hands were played, wherein if there are less number of remaining cards than there are needed to reward several concomitant winning combination the player is rewarded with a maximum possible five-card hands from the remaining cards based on which winning combinations have the highest ranking, wherein if there is a rewarding five-card hand winning combination, the player is rewarded according to a pre-established winning amount based on an amount of the original wager for the original five-card hand, wherein the game is over when there are no winning combinations; and wherein the game is also over when there are just two remaining cards from said same card deck.