Patent ID: 7614625

Claim:
A method to resolve a poker game, the method comprising the operations of: providing a physical deck of cards; dealing only a first hand to a first player, viewable by all players; calling an actual poker rank of the first hand by the first player and placing a first bet in a pot; allowing a second player to either fold or accept the first hand, wherein if the second player accepts the first hand, the second players views the first hand, and matches the first bet; allowing the second player to exchange cards in the first hand with an equal number of cards from the deck to create a second hand; and determining if the second hand has an improved poker rank over the first hand, and if not, the second player drops out of the hand, and if so, then the second player calls an actual poker rank of the second hand and places a second bet into the pot and play continues to a third player; continuing play until only one player remains in the game, and the remaining player winning the pot.