Patent ID: 8147307

Claim:
A method for conducting a wagering game for a player in accordance with the rules of a base game defining a winning hand, comprising: defining, by a computing device, a finite set of game indicia; displaying, by the computing device, an inventory of game indicia from said finite said that cumulatively excludes all game indicia dealt in previous game hands; conducting, by the computing device, a game hand for said player comprising: (a) receiving a wager from said player; (b) dealing game indicia to said player from said finite set cumulatively excluding all game indicia dealt in previous game hands, if any; (c) conducting said game hand for said player to completion according to said base game and resolving said wager based at least in part on whether said game hand forms a winning hand; (d) collecting all dealt game indicia from said player and excluding collected game indicia accumulated with all game indicia dealt in previous game hands, if any, from play in a subsequent game hand; and (e) determining whether at least one winning hand is eliminated as a result of said excluded game indicia; and conducting, by the computing device, at least one additional sequential game hand of steps (a)-(e) using said finite set cumulatively excluding dealt game indicia until a restoration event, said restoration event including at least a manual restoration event; and upon a restoration event, restoring excluded game indicia to said finite set, and in which the at least one additional sequential game hand includes an additional act of: in response to a determination that the at least one winning hand is eliminated, hiding the display of the inventory of said game indicia from said finite set cumulatively excluding all game indicia dealt in previous game hands.