Patent ID: 7338365

Claim:
A method for playing an interactive poker game with a deck of playing cards, comprising: initiating a game session; providing a plurality of playing squares configured to receive cards drawn from said deck; providing each dealt playing card with a value that corresponds to each of said playing cards face value; performing a plurality of game events wherein each game event comprises drawing one or more playing cards from said deck and permitting a player to transfer each of said playing cards to one of said plurality of playing squares; performing a plurality of chargeable actions wherein each chargeable action comprises charging said player at least one credit for drawing said one or more playing cards from said deck and transferring said one or more playing cards to said plurality of playing squares; permitting said player to place a plurality of cards in each playing square wherein only each top card associated with each playing square is used to determine if a winning card combination is generated; and awarding said player one or more prizes according to a dynamic paytable.