Patent ID: 7771274

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising: (a) enabling a player to place a wager for a play of a poker game; (b) after receiving said wager, determining an initial hand for the play of the poker game; (c) displaying a representation of the initial hand; (d) after displaying the representation of the initial hand: (i) displaying a representation of an offer to continue play of the poker game in accordance with a reverse payout mode, wherein the representation of the offer is at least partially overlaid over the representation of the initial hand and includes an indication of which cards of the initial hand will be held in the play of the game, said cards that will be held being selected without player input; and (ii) after displaying the representation of the offer including said indication of which cards of the initial hand will be held in the play of the game, enabling the player to accept the offer to continue play of the poker game in accordance with the reverse payout mode; (e) determining a final hand for said play of the game; (f) if the player accepted the offer to continue play of the poker game in accordance with the reverse payout mode, determining a payout amount based on the final hand in accordance with the reverse payout mode; (g) if the player did not accept the offer to continue play of the poker game in accordance with the reverse payout mode, determining the payout amount based on the final hand in accordance with a normal payout mode; and (h) providing any determined payout amount to the player.