Patent ID: 7222858

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising: (a) enabling a first wager to be made by a player on a first hand; (b) enabling a second wager to be made by the same player on a second hand; and (c) if at least the first wager is made by the same player on the first hand, (i) displaying to the same player the first hand of at least five cards all face up and selected from at least one deck of cards, wherein the at least one deck of cards includes a plurality of cards each having a rank and a suit, and at least two of the ranks are different, and at least two of the suits are different, (ii) selecting zero, one or a plurality of the cards from the first hand as cards to be held, (iii) if the second wager is made by the same player on the second hand, for each card selected to be held from the first hand, automatically displaying to the same player a card in the second hand having the same rank as said card selected to be held from the first hand, (iv) completing the first hand to have at least five face up cards, (v) if the second wager is made by the same player on the second hand, completing the second hand to have at least five face up cards, (vi) determining if the completed first hand includes any winning combination of cards, (vii) if the second wager is made by the same player on the second hand, determining if the completed second hand includes any winning combination of cards, and (viii) displaying any awards for any determined winning combinations of cards.