Patent ID: 7837545

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: at least one input device; at least one display device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with said at least one display device and the at least one input device to, for each play of an interactive poker game which includes a plurality of playing cards, control said play of the interactive poker game by: (a) determining and displaying a plurality of said playing cards to a player to form an initial player poker hand; (b) determining and displaying a plurality of said playing cards to form at least one initial competing virtual poker hand, at least one of said playing cards in said initial competing virtual poker hand being based on a predetermined game outcome that is selected from a plurality of different predetermined game outcomes; (c) enabling the player to designate at least one of said playing cards in said initial player poker hand to hold or to discard; (d) determining which playing cards in said initial competing virtual poker hand to designate to hold or to discard; (e) determining and selecting another one of said playing cards for each playing card the player designated to discard, wherein at least one of said selected playing cards in the player's hand is based on the selected predetermined game outcome; (f) displaying said selected playing cards replacing the playing cards in the initial player poker hand that the player designated to discard, wherein said held playing cards and said selected playing cards form a second player poker hand; (g) for each initial competing virtual poker hand: (i) determining and selecting another one of said playing cards for each playing card designated to discard, wherein at least one of said selected playing cards is based on said selected predetermined game outcome, and (ii) displaying said selected playing cards replacing the playing cards in the initial competing virtual poker hand that were designated to discard, wherein said held playing cards and said selected playing cards form a second competing virtual poker hand; (h) displaying a comparison of the second player poker hand to each of said second competing virtual poker hands; and (i) providing the player said selected predetermined game outcome.