Patent ID: 8235781

Claim:
A video poker machine comprising: a display device; at least one input device; and a computer, wherein said computer is configured with the display device and the at least one input device to, for a single play of a card game: (a) enable a player to make a first wager, (b) enable the same player to make a second wager, (c) after the same player makes the first wager and the second wager, cause the display device to display to the same player: (i) a plurality of first cards face up in association with the first wager, and (ii) a plurality of second cards face up in association with the second wager, the plurality of second cards and the plurality of first cards being the same plurality of cards, (d) after receiving an input by the same player, cause the display device to display to the same player: (i) a card face up in association with the first wager, and (ii) a same card face up in association with the second wager, (e) cause the display device to display to the same player: (i) two more cards face up in association with the first wager, and (ii) two more cards face up in association with the second wager, which may be different than said two more cards associated with the first wager, (f) determine a poker ranking of the cards associated with the first wager, (g) determine a poker ranking of the cards associated with the second wager, (h) pay the same player a pre-established amount based on the amount of the first wager and the poker ranking of the cards associated with the first wager if said cards comprise a predetermined poker hand ranking, and (i) pay the same player a pre-established amount based on the amount of the second wager and the poker ranking of the cards associated with the second wager if said cards comprise a predetermined poker hand ranking.