Patent ID: 8292715

Claim:
A method to play an electronic video poker game, comprising: executing instructions on a processing unit, the processing unit in communication with a display unit and an audio output device, the instructions configured to perform: receiving a first wager; displaying an initial randomly dealt hand of cards face up to a player; allowing the player to identify held cards out of the initial hand, wherein cards which are not held cards are discards; wherein a set of awards is presented to the player comprising first awards and secondary awards for respective ranks, the secondary awards automatically updating based on the held cards and discards, each secondary award reflecting respective probabilities of forming each respective rank on a draw based on the held cards and the discards, wherein the secondary awards are all active for a single wager and if the secondary awards for ranks that are possible to make on the draw are sorted from highest to lowest then their corresponding respective probabilities to form respective ranks on the draw using the held cards and discards are in order from lowest to highest; performing the draw by replacing the discards in the initial hand to form a final hand, wherein at the draw an award of the first awards for a particular rank is higher than an award of the first awards for a specific rank while an award of the secondary awards for the particular rank is lower than an award of the secondary awards for the specific rank; and paying an award to the player, if earned, based on the final hand and a respective first award and secondary award.