Patent ID: 8092291

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one display device configured to display a game; 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, for a play of a poker game: (a) receive an initial wager from a player; (b) randomly select and display a first plurality of cards from a deck of cards to form a player's hand of cards; (c) randomly select and display a second plurality of cards from the same deck of cards, said second plurality of cards being displayed face-down; (d) enable the player to purchase one of the second plurality of cards to add to the player's hand for an additional wager; (e) if the player chooses to purchase one of the second plurality of cards to add to the player's hand: (i) add one of the cards from the second plurality of cards to the player's hand without regard to any of the cards already in the player's hand and such that the quantity of cards in the player's hand increases; (ii) repeat (d) to (e) until the player chooses not to purchase any additional cards of the second plurality of cards to add to the player's hand or until there are no cards remaining in the second plurality of cards for the player to purchase; and (iii) when the player chooses not to purchase any additional cards of the second plurality of cards to add to the player's hand or when there are no cards remaining in the second plurality of cards for the player to purchase, evaluate the cards in the player's hand including all of the purchased cards and provide an award to the player if the player's hand includes one of a plurality of different winning combinations of cards; and (f) if the player chooses not to purchase one of the second plurality of cards to add to the player's hand, evaluate the cards in the player's hand and provide an award to the player if the player's hand includes one of the winning combinations.