Patent ID: 7938719

Claim:
A method of playing a card game using a gaming device, the method comprising: receiving a wager from a player via a wagering input component; dealing a plurality of hands of cards that are played simultaneously from at least one card deck to the player wherein each of the plurality of hands is dealt directly from the at least one deck; receiving an input from the player that is representative of a desired number of trigger cards; providing the player a first draw from the at least one card deck; determining, by a processor, whether one of the at least one hand of cards includes a winning hand after the first draw; determining, by the processor, whether at least one hand of the plurality of hands of cards includes a trigger card, wherein if the at least one hand of cards includes the trigger card after the first draw, the player may replace one or more cards in the at least one hand of cards which includes the trigger card through a free second draw regardless of whether the at least one hand of cards includes a winning hand, wherein the free second draw is automatically presented to the player after detection of the trigger card by the processor in the at least one hand of cards; and providing the player an award for any winning hand occurring after the free second draw.