Gaming system, gaming device and method for draw poker game (dream card)
AssigneeIgt
InventorsErnest W. Moody, Michael W. Wood
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Abstract
A gaming system, a gaming machine and a method is provided having a Five Card Video Draw poker game with a single hand or multiple hands. The gaming system or gaming machine first determines whether a dream card is going to be used in a particular round of play or a dream card is used on every hand. If the dream card is going to be used, then the last card of the initial hand is chosen so that, when the last card is combined with the other randomly selected cards of the initial hand, the initial starting hand will have the highest possible expected value.
Claims20
A gaming system comprising:
- a payment acceptor;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- responsive to receipt, via the payment acceptor, of a physical item associated with a monetary value, establish a credit balance based on the monetary value associated with the physical item;
- following receipt of a placement of a wager on a play of a game for which a dream-card feature is activated:
- reduce the credit balance based on the placed wager;
- determine a first hand of cards by:
- randomly determining a first card from a set of cards;
- and
- selecting a second card having a suit and a value from cards remaining in the set of cards, wherein the second card is selected based on a processor-determined maximization of an expected value of the first hand of cards for the randomly determined first card and the cards remaining in the set of cards and the suit and the value of the second card is predetermined prior to the play of the game;
- cause a display device to display the first hand of cards face up;
- finalize the first hand of cards;
- cause the display device to display the finalized first hand of cards face up;
- determine any awards based on the finalized first hand of cards;
- and
- cause the display device to display any awards, the credit balance being increasable by any displayed awards.
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- responsive to receiving, via a payment acceptor, of a physical item associated with a monetary value, establishing a credit balance based on the monetary value associated with the physical item;
- following receipt of a placement of a wager on a play of a game for which a dream-card feature is activated:
- reducing the credit balance based on the placed wager;
- determining, by a processor, a first hand of cards by:
- randomly determining a first card from a set of cards;
- and
- selecting a second card having a suit and a value from cards remaining in the set of cards, wherein the second card is selected based on a processor-determined maximization of an expected value of the first hand of cards for the randomly determined first card and the cards remaining in the set of cards, and the suit and the value of the second card is predetermined prior to the play of the game;
- displaying, by a display device, the first hand of cards face up;
- finalizing, by the processor, the first hand of cards;
- displaying, by the display device, the finalized first hand of cards face up;
- determining, by the processor, any awards based on the finalized first hand of cards;
- and
- displaying, by the display device, any awards, the credit balance being increasable by any displayed awards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.