Patent ID: 6416407
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a multi-draw poker-like game in which a winning hand generates a payout to a player using a computer and a video screen which comprises:(1) providing a first payout table defining a predetermined set of winning hands of different ranks and payout values selected from a single deck of cards, each card having a different face value and suit, and with the remaining hands from said deck not included within the predetermined set of winning hands not having any payout value; (2) providing a second payout table defining a predetermined set of winning hands of different ranks and payout values selected from a single deck of cards, each card having a different face value and suit, with the second payout table having at least one payout value different from the payout value established in said first payout table, and with the remaining hands from said deck not included within said predetermined set of winning hands not having any payout value; (3) registering a wager with the computer; (4) generating and displaying on the video screen a visual representation of a first hand of five cards randomly selected from the single deck of cards; (5) determining the rank the first hand with respect to the first payout table from the face value and suit of each represented card; (6) enabling said player to terminate the game or to designate at least one of said represented cards for replacement; (7) if said designation is registered, in response thereto replacing at least one designated card in said first hand with a corresponding number of other represented cards randomly generated from the remaining cards in said single deck and displayed on said video screen, the unreplaced cards from said first hand and said replacement cards forming a second hand of five cards, with said second hand replacing said first hand; (8) determining the rank of said second hand with respect to said first payout table from the face value and suit of each represented card; (9) giving said player the option of either terminating play and being paid according to said first payout table or of making an additional wager and continuing play; (10) if said player chooses the option of making an additional wager and continuing play, enabling said player to designate at least one of said represented cards of said second hand for replacement; (11) if said designation of replacement of said represented cards of said second hand for replacement is registered, in response thereto replacing at least one designated card in said second hand with a corresponding number of other represented cards randomly generated from the remaining cards in said single deck and displayed on said video screen, the unreplaced cards from said second hand and said replacement cards forming a third hand of five cards, with said third hand replacing said second hand; (12) determining the rank said third hand with respect to the second payout table from the face value and suit of each represented card and thereafter terminating said game; and (13) upon termination after said first, second, or third hand providing said predetermined payout to said player according to the value of the remaining hand of cards as defined by said first payout table for said first or second hand and as defined by said second payout table for said third hand; whereby a player may make a wager and play a poker game similar to five card draw poker, but in which the player may have the option to make an additional wager and make an additional draw of cards.