Patent ID: 7749059

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (i) causing a processor to operate with a display device and an input device to: (a) provide a game, including displaying a first set of a plurality of cards; (b) enable a player to select none, one or more than one card from the first set of cards; (c) hold said selected cards from the first set of cards; (d) discard each card not selected to be held from the first set of cards and provide a replacement card for each discarded card from the first set of cards; (e) form a first hand with the held cards from the first set of cards and any replacement cards provided to the first set of cards; and (f) determine if the first hand comprises a winning hand of at least a first rank; and (ii) if said first hand comprises said winning hand of said first rank, causing the processor to operate with the display device and the input device to: (a) display a second set of cards, said second set of cards including a same number of cards as the first set of cards; (b) enable a player to select none, one or more than one card from the second set of cards; (c) hold said selected cards from the second set of cards; (d) discard each card not selected to be held from the second set of cards and provide a replacement card for each discarded card from the second set of cards; (e) form a second hand with the held cards from the second set of cards and any replacement cards provided to the second set of cards; (f) determine a second rank of the second hand; (g) compare said second rank of said second hand with said first rank of said first hand; and (h) based on said comparison, display an indication that an outcome of the game is a winning outcome only if said second rank of said second hand is higher than said first rank of said first hand.