Patent ID: 8727850

Claim:
A computer gaming system, comprising: a server configured to communicate with a plurality of client devices, the server further configured to: manage a first virtual table of a first plurality of players playing a first hand of a poker card game via a communication interface; provide to each of the first plurality of players one or more cards for the first hand; receive communication from a first player of the first plurality of players representing a request to fold the cards of the first player, wherein the request to fold the cards of the first player is made when gameplay is at a position of another one of the first plurality of players; and in response to the request to fold, move the first player automatically to a second virtual table of a second plurality of players to play a second hand while the first hand is still active for at least one of the other players at the first table, wherein once the first player is moved, the server prevents the first player from playing the first hand.