Patent ID: 6991538

Claim:
A method of operating a poker game, said method comprising: (a) receiving an initial wager from a player; (b) dealing a hand to the player including a first plurality of cards from a deck of cards, wherein said deck of cards includes fifty-two standard cards, at least one positive impact card and at least one negative impact card, wherein if at least one of the positive or negative impact cards is in the hand, not revealing to the player whether said card is a positive impact card or a negative impact card; (c) revealing to the player whether any remaining positive or negative impact cards in the hand are one of the positive impact cards or one of the negative impact cards after the player has caused a replacement, if any, of at least one of the first plurality of cards; (d) evaluating the cards in the hand; and (e) providing an award to the player if the hand includes a winning combination of cards, wherein, if at least one of the negative impact cards is in the hand, the negative impact card cannot be part of any winning combination.