Patent ID: 7431648

Claim:
A method for conducting a wagering game for a player in accordance with the rules of a base game defining a winning hand, comprising: defining a finite set of game indicia; conducting a game hand for said player comprising: (a) receiving a wager from said player; (b) dealing game indicia to said player from said finite set cumulatively excluding all game indicia dealt in previous game hands, if any; (c) conducting said game hand for said player to completion according to said base game and resolving said wager based at least in part on whether said game hand forms a winning hand; (d) collecting all dealt game indicia from said player and excluding collected game indicia accumulated with all game indicia dealt in previous game hands, if any, from play in a subsequent game hand; and (e) displaying at least one of: the inventory of said game indicia from said finite set cumulatively excluding all game indicia dealt in previous game hands or winning hands eliminated as a result of said excluded game indicia; conducting at least one additional sequential game hand of steps (a)-(e) using said finite set cumulatively excluding dealt game indicia until a restoration event, said restoration event including at least a manual restoration event; and upon a restoration event, restoring excluded game indicia to said finite set.