Patent ID: 8317584

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: one or more display devices configured to display graphics showing a poker wagering game; one or more wager input devices for receiving input from a player indicative of a base wager to play the poker wagering game; one or more memory devices; and one or more processors coupled to at least one of the one or more displays, at least one of the one or more wager input devices, and at least one of the one or more memory devices, the one or more processors being configured to execute computer instructions relating to the poker wagering game operative to: deal a plurality of playing cards to form a user-playable poker hand; award a payoff based on a poker ranking of the user-playable poker hand meeting a predetermined criterion; and receive a side wager separate and in addition to the base wager from the player, the side wager allowing the player to select at least one of a plurality of challenges to be triggered, each of the plurality of challenges requiring the player to meet a condition of obtaining a predetermined poker hand in at least one of a predetermined number of future plays of the poker wagering game.