Patent ID: 8727851

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one input device; at least one processor; at least one display device; and at least one memory device storing 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, for a play of a game: (a) receive a plurality of wagers from a player, (b) for each of the placed wagers, display a player hand including one or more cards and associate said wager with said player hand, (c) regardless of which cards are in the player hands, enable the player to optionally fold one of the player hands and, if the player folds one of the player hands, withdraw the wager associated with said player hand and return said withdrawn wager to the player, (d) display a number of community cards, the number being at least one, and (e) for each remaining player hand, determine a rank of said player hand based on said player hand and the number of community cards and provide any awards for said player hand according to a paytable for the game.