Patent ID: 8382569

Claim:
A method of playing a game at a gaming machine comprising the machine-implemented steps of: accepting a wager from a player via a wager input device of said gaming machine; displaying an initial 3 card hand from a set of cards to said player on at least one electronic video display of said gaming machine; accepting input from said player of none, one or more or all of said 3 cards from said 3 card hand as cards to be replaced via at least one player input device of said gaming machine; replacing any cards to be replaced with cards remaining in said set of cards to form a final 3 card hand; if said final 3 card hand is a losing outcome, terminating said game; if said final 3 card hand is a winning outcome, awarding winnings associated with said winning outcome of said final 3 card hand based upon said wager and displaying an additional 2 cards from cards remaining in said set of cards and combining said additional 2 cards with said final 3 card hand to form an initial 5 card hand; accepting input from said player of none, one or more of all of said 5 cards from said 5 card hand as cards to be replaced via at least one player input device of said gaming machine; replacing any cards to be replaced with cards remaining in said set of cards to form a final 5 card hand; if said final 5 card hand is a losing outcome, terminating said game; if said final 5 card hand is a winning outcome, awarding winnings associated with said winning outcome of said final 5 card hand based upon said wager and displaying an additional 2 cards from cards remaining in said set of cards and combining said additional 2 cards with said final 5 card hand to form an initial 7 card hand; accepting input from said player of none, one or more of all of said 7 cards from said 7 card hand as cards to be replaced via at least one player input device of said gaming machine; replacing any cards to be replaced with cards remaining in said set of cards to form a final 7 card hand; and if said final 7 card hand is a winning outcome, awarding winnings associated with said winning outcome of said final 7 card hand based upon said wager.