Patent ID: 8133104

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a. a live Texas Hold'em poker game involving a plurality of participating players, said plurality of participating players being positioned about a poker table, said plurality of participating players having fold, check, call, or raise playing options for said live Texas Hold'em poker game, and said plurality of participating players each competing only with one another to be a winning player of said live Texas Hold'em poker game; and b. a first player terminal displaying images relative to said live Texas Hold'em poker game for view by a first online player remotely located from said poker table, said first player terminal enabling player selection by said first online player from said plurality of participating players as to said winning player of said live Texas Hold'em poker game, said first player terminal enabling an entering of a value selection by said first online player regarding one of said participating players for said live poker game; whereby said first online player selects one or more of said plurality of participating players to be said winning player of said live Texas Hold'em poker game and enters said value selection for each selected participating player; and whereby said first online player makes a winning selection whenever said at least one of said plurality of participating players selected from said plurality of participating players is said winning player of said live Texas Hold'em poker game, wherein one or more of said participating players of said live Texas Hold'em poker game can be said winning player.