Patent ID: 7247091

Claim:
A method of playing a card game comprising: a) playing a first round of play of the card game by displaying a first initial hand of at least five cards all face up to a player; b) the player selecting none, one or more of the face up cards from the first initial hand as cards to be held, discarding the unselected cards and displaying replacement cards for the discarded cards resulting in a first final hand; c) determining the poker hand ranking of the first final hand; and d) if the poker hand ranking of the first final hand results in a predetermined arrangement of cards, awarding the player at least two initial additional face up hands on a next round of play of the card game, each initial additional hand having the same cards by suit and rank; e) the player selecting none, one or more of the face up cards as cards to be held, discarding the unselected cards and displaying replacement cards for the discarded cards resulting in at least two additional final hands, and awarding the player for any final hand that has a winning card combination.