Patent ID: 6880827

Claim:
A method of playing a draw poker game comprising: a) dealing a player a first five card hand from a first deck of playing cards; b) dealing the player a second five card hand from a second deck of playing cards; c) identifying to the player a playing card value for each of the playing cards of the first five card hand; d) concealing from the player a playing card value for one or more of the playing cards of the second five card hand; e) the player selecting either the first hand or the second hand; f) identifying to the player a playing card value for each of the playing cards of the second five card hand not previously identified in response to the player selecting the second hand; g) the player either standing on the hand selected or discarding one or more cards from the hand selected; h) dealing the player replacement cards for the discarded cards, if any; i) determining a value for the player's selected hand as modified by any of said replacement cards based on conventional poker hand ranking; and j) awarding the player a predetermined amount based on said value.