Patent ID: 8113934

Claim:
A video poker machine configured to allow a single player to play a card game comprising: at least one input device; at least one display device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores 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: a) establish a first pay table associated with a final poker hand ranking and establish a second pay table associated with poker hand ranking categories; b) enable the player, using at least one input device, to make at least one wager on a first hand and at least an additional hand; c) after the player makes the at least one wager, cause the display device to display to the player a plurality of first cards face up representing an initial first hand; d) enable the player, using at least one input device, to select none, one, a plurality or all of the face up cards from the initial first hand as cards to be held; e) after the player selects which cards are to be held, cause the display device to duplicate the cards to be held into the at least additional hand; f) cause the display device to discard from the first hand each card that was not held and to display replacement cards in the first hand for each card that was discarded thereby forming a final first hand; g) cause the display device to display any additional cards to the at least additional hand to form an at least final additional hand; h) determine the poker hand ranking of the final first hand and the at least final additional hand; i) cause the display device to display a first award to the player if the final first hand or the at least final additional hand is a winning poker hand category; j) determine the number of poker hand categories comprise the final first hand and the at least final additional hand; and k) cause the display device to display a second award to the player if the number of poker hand categories coincides with the second pay table.