Patent ID: 8690156
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a wagering poker card game on a computer device configured to display images of playing cards on a display screen; providing a non-transitory computer readable medium coded with instructions comprising: a processor for executing a set of programmable instructions for playing the card game; a display in operative communication with said processor; and input means in operative communication with said processor for receiving at least one input from a player during play of the card game; wherein the card game and representation of a 52 card playing deck stored thereon entails the processor to perform the steps comprising the steps of: a) providing card game apparatus including at least one physical deck of standard playing cards and a “dealer ”and allowing a plurality of players to ante at least a first buy-in bet into a first pot and a second buy-in bet into a second pot upon commencement of the second poker game; b) shuffling the physical random number generator playing cards into a new order and the dealer dealing to each player an initial hand comprising a predetermined number of playing cards; c) each player dividing his initial hand into a first hand and a second hand, the first hand consisting of a first predetermined number of playing cards and corresponding to said first pot and the second hand consisting of a second predetermined number of playing cards and corresponding to said second pot; d) the players playing a first poker game with the first hand, the winner of said first poker game being awarded the first pot; e) the players playing a second poker game with the second hand, the winner of said second poker game being awarded a first portion of said second pot; f) throughout betting rounds during the first and second poker games disclosing three or more community cards to be used by each player over the two hands and dealing a number of playing cards, before revealing a community card, corresponding to the number of playing cards in the second hand to a showdown hand; g) if a winner is declared in the first poker game before a prescribed number of community cards are exposed or betting rounds completed then the remaining community cards and associated betting rounds are transferred to the second poker game; h) if a winner is declared in the second poker game before revealing all the community cards, the dealer will proceed to create the showdown hand and reveal any further community cards with no associated betting rounds i) then after playing the second poker game comparing the winning player's hand of the second poker game together with the community cards with the showdown hand together with the community cards, and awarding the second winning player the remaining portion of the second pot if the winning player's hand of the second poker game has a higher poker hand ranking than the showdown hand and wherein the portion of the second pot not won by the winner of the second game in a showdown hand is allocated to a showdown pot of a further game played thereafter.