Patent ID: 8439737

Claim:
A poker machine for playing a poker game that uses a deck of cards and that includes applying a multiplier on a next round of play based on a final hand of a first round of play comprising: at least one video screen display; at least one input device; and a computer processor configured with the at least one video screen display and the at least one input device for: a) establishing a plurality of winning poker hand categories that are used in the poker game; b) establishing a pay table that associates an award with each winning poker hand category; c) on the first round of play, providing a multiplier table that is used to determine the multiplier that is used on the next round of play; d) the multiplier table having a multiplier associated with each winning poker hand category; e) displaying on at least one video screen display an initial hand of cards to a player, the initial hand being dealt from the deck of cards; f) the player discarding any unwanted cards from the initial hand by using at least one input device; g) displaying on at least one video screen display replacement cards from the deck of cards for any unwanted cards that are discarded resulting in the final hand; h) determining a poker hand category of the final hand; i) when the poker hand category of the final hand is a winning poker hand category, providing the player an award from the pay table and also determining from the multiplier table the multiplier that is used on the next round of play; and j) playing on the poker machine the next round of play using the multiplier from the first round of play, the multiplier being applied to each winning poker hand category in the pay table.