Patent ID: 8062119

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to: (i) use data representing a first deck of a plurality of playing cards, each of the playing cards having a different value and suit combination, and data representing a second deck of the same plurality of playing cards to randomly form data representing a third deck of a plurality of playing cards, each of the playing cards of the third deck including a different one of the value and suit combinations of the playing cards of the first deck and a different one of the value and suit combinations of the playing cards of the second deck, and (ii) for each of a first quantity of plays of a card game, the first quantity being at least one: (a) deal a plurality of the playing cards from the third deck, (b) for each of a plurality of said dealt playing cards: (A) at a first point in said play of the card game, display one of the value and suit combinations of said dealt playing card and do not display the other one of the value and suit combinations of said dealt playing card, and (B) at a second point in said play of the card game, enable a player to choose whether to display said other one of the value and suit combinations of said dealt playing card and display said other one of the value and suit combinations of said dealt playing card if the player chooses to do so, (c) evaluate the displayed value and suit combinations of each of said dealt playing cards and determine whether any awards are associated with said displayed value and suit combinations, and (d) display any determined awards, and.