Patent ID: 7556561

Claim:
An electronic poker table for providing an electronic poker game to a plurality of players, the electronic poker table comprising: a table top with a playing surface; a plurality of electronic player interaction areas located at a plurality of different physical locations around a periphery of the table top of the electronic poker table, each electronic player interaction area for providing a player interface for interaction with the players, respectively, each player interface for allowing the players assigned to each electronic player interaction area to participate in the electronic poker game using the player interface, and request a new electronic player interaction area that is at a physical location different from the physical location of the electronic player interaction area to which the player is currently assigned, the new electronic player interaction area being selected from the group consisting of the plurality of player interaction areas at the electronic poker table and a plurality of player interaction areas at another electronic poker table, and the physical location of the new electronic player interaction area being selected from the group consisting of the plurality of physical locations around the periphery of the table top of the electronic poker table and a plurality of physical locations around a periphery of a table top of the other electronic poker table; and a game computer coupled to at least the plurality of electronic player interaction areas at the electronic poker table for administering the electronic poker game and for assigning one of the players to the new electronic player interaction area at the electronic poker table or the other electronic poker table as one of the electronic player interaction areas becomes available in response to receiving the request for a new electronic player interaction area from the one of the players, so that the one of the players can change from the electronic player interaction area to which the one of the players is currently assigned to the new electronic player interaction area.