Patent ID: 6565432
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A method of playing a poker game that uses only a player's hand to determine winning or losing outcomes comprising:a) providing a first pay table that is used if a player selects to play the poker game with an auto hold; b) providing a second pay table that is used if the player selects to the play the poker game without the auto hold; c) the player selecting to use the auto hold or to not use the auto hold; d) dealing an initial player's hand of five cards all face up; e) selecting none, one or more of the face up cards from the initial player's hand as cards to be held; f) discarding from the initial player's hand the face up cards that were not selected to be held and replacing each of those cards with a face up card resulting in a final five card player's hand; g) determining the poker hand ranking of the final player's hand; h) providing the player an award based on the appropriate pay table if the poker hand ranking of the final player's hand is a winning hand.