Online live dealer draw poker gaming system and method

A gaming server for providing a hybrid game of draw poker, comprising:

• a communication interface for sending and receiving game-related information over a network;
• a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;
• and
• a processor, coupled to the communication interface and the memory, for executing the processor-executable instructions that causes the gaming server to:
• receive, by the processor via the communication interface, electronic indications of an initial set of physical cards after the initial set of physical cards are produced at a first location;
• receive, by the processor via the communication interface, electronic indications of a contingent set of physical cards after the contingent set of physical cards are produced at the first location;
• provide, by the processor via the communication interface, the electronic indications of the initial set of physical cards to one or more remote game participants over the network;
• receive, by the processor via the communication interface, an indication from a first remote game participant to discard one or more physical cards of the initial set of physical cards;
• assign, by the processor, one or more physical cards of the contingent set of physical cards as first replacement cards to the first remote game participant;
• and
• determine, by the processor, a final game value for the first game participant based on the initial physical cards not discarded by the first remote player and the one or more first replacement cards.