Patent ID: 8636573

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to: (a) display a plurality of primary playing card positions and a plurality of secondary playing card positions; (b) for each displayed primary playing card position: (i) randomly determine a playing card from a plurality of playing cards, and (ii) display the randomly determined playing card at said primary playing card position; (c) enable a player to discard at least one of said displayed playing cards from at least one of the primary playing card positions; (d) if the player discarded any of the displayed playing cards: (i) for each discarded playing card: (A) randomly determine a replacement playing card from the plurality of playing cards, and (B) display said replacement playing card at the primary playing card position of said discarded playing card, (ii) determine whether to accumulate any of said discarded playing cards in any of the plurality of secondary playing card positions, and (iii) if the determination is to accumulate at least one of said discarded playing cards in at least one of the secondary playing card positions, display said discarded playing cards at said secondary playing card positions; (e) after displaying any replacement playing cards at the primary playing card positions, display any primary playing card position award associated with the player cards displayed at the plurality of primary playing card positions; and (f) if a designated quantity of the secondary playing card positions each display one of the discarded playing cards, display any secondary playing card position award associated with said discarded playing cards displayed at the secondary playing card positions.