Patent ID: 7367563

Claim:
A multi-player platform that provides multiple player positions for live players to engage in an interactive stud poker game with a virtual dealer and virtual cards comprising at least two player positions that enable live players to place wagers on an underlying poker-type game, a display system for showing a virtual dealer, a display system for showing at least the virtual cards used in play of the underlying poker-type game, and a processor that contains the rules of the underlying poker-type game, the processor enabling play for each player on the underlying poker-type game according to the following rules: playing a wagering card game for a number of players using standard playing cards having a standard rank, said game involving standard poker hand rankings and comprising the steps of: each player placing a wager to participate in the game; dealing at least one card to each player and at least one common card, all of said cards being dealt face down; giving each player the chance to examine the cards received by that player and to withdraw at least part of said wager based on the rank of said player's cards; showing said at least one common card, thereby providing a hand for each player, each player's hand comprising said shown at least one common card and the at least one card each player was dealt; and resolving each player's remaining wager, which was not withdrawn based on the rank of that player's hand.