Patent ID: 7172198

Claim:
A method of playing a poker game comprising: a) a player making a first wager; b) displaying a first hand of at least five cards all face up to the player; c) after the first hand is displayed, providing the player with the opportunity of displaying a secondhand by making at least a second wager and selecting one or more of the cards from the first hand as cards to be displayed in at least a second hand; d) the player selecting none, one or more of the face up cards from the first hand as cards to be held; e) the player selecting none, one or more of the face up cards from the second hand as cards to be held; f) displaying at least the first final hand and the second final hand by discarding from the first hand and second hand the face up cards that were not selected to be held and replacing each of those cards with a face up card; g) determining the poker hand ranking of the first final hand and awarding the player a first amount based on a first pay table; and h) determining the poker hand ranking of the second final hand and awarding the player a second amount based on a second pay table.