Patent ID: 8562406

Claim:
A method of conducting an electronic poker game comprising: utilizing at least a processor for: displaying on a display one or more hole cards to each of two or more players; allowing via a user interface one or more betting rounds to occur and bets to be placed into a poker hand pot; responsive to two or more players remaining in the poker hand and no more betting possible prior to an end of the poker hand, providing the remaining players with an option via said user interface to allocate the poker hand pot between said two or more players according to respective winning percentages of each remaining player winning the poker hand pot if the poker hand was played to a conclusion; and responsive to at least one remaining player declining the option to allocate the poker hand pot and one remaining player electing to allocate the poker hand pot, allowing a game operator the option to pay to the at least one remaining player electing the option to allocate the poker hand pot a percentage of the poker hand pot pursuant to a respective winning percentage and take the place of the at least one player electing the option to allocate the poker hand pot, and displaying on said display one or more remaining playing cards to complete the poker hand and paying either (i) the game operator the remaining percentage of the poker hand pot not allocated previously; or (ii) the at least one other player the poker hand pot prior to allocation.