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US 12,008,867 B2Granted
Selective re-deals for draw poker no-hold initial hands
AssigneeIgt
InventorsKera Skillings, Benjamin R. Holsclaw, Christopher John Richardson, Bradley James Fredella
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Abstract
The gaming systems and methods provide selective re-deals for no-hold initial hands for plays of a draw poker game, wherein each of the no-hold initial hands includes no pairs of Jacks or better, no two pairs, no three-of-a-kinds, no four-of-a-kinds, no straights, no flushes, no full houses, no straight flushes, no matching pairs of 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s, or 10s, no combinations of cards that are missing one card from forming a straight, a flush, or a straight flush, and no royal cards.
Claims20
A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor, for each play of a draw poker game that comprises one of a plurality of different no-hold initial hands, to:
- cause a display, by a display device, of the no-hold initial hand comprising a first plurality of cards;
- cause a display, by the display device, of an indication that the no-hold initial hand is a no-hold hand;
- cause a display, by the display device, of an activatable replace no-hold initial hand input button;
- cause a display, by the display device, of a second initial hand comprising a second plurality of cards;
- cause a display, by the display device, of any cards of the second initial hand that are held for the play of the draw poker game;
- and
- cause a display, by the display device, for each card of the second initial hand that is not held for the play of the draw poker game, of a replacement card in place of that card, such that the second initial hand is displayed in a completed form.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor, for each play of a draw poker game that comprises one of a plurality of different no-hold initial hands, to:
- cause a display, by a display device, of the no-hold initial hand comprising a first plurality of cards;
- cause a display, by the display device, of an indication that the no-hold initial hand is a no-hold hand;
- cause a display, by the display device, of a second initial hand comprising a second plurality of cards replacing the display of the no-hold initial hand;
- cause a display, by the display device, of any cards of the second initial hand that are held for the play of the draw poker game;
- and
- cause a display, by the display device, for each card of the second initial hand that is not held for the play of the draw poker game, of a replacement card in place of that card, such that the second initial hand is displayed in a completed form.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- for each play of a draw poker game that comprises one of a plurality of different no-hold initial hands:
- cause a display, by a display device, of the no-hold initial hand comprising a first plurality of cards,
- cause a display, by the display device, of an indication that the no-hold initial hand is a no-hold hand,
- cause a display, by the display device, of an activatable replace no-hold initial hand input button,
- cause a display, by the display device, of a second initial hand comprising a second plurality of cards,
- cause a display, by the display device, of any cards of the second initial hand that are held for the play of the draw poker game, and
- cause a display, by the display device, for each card of the second initial hand that is not held for the play of the draw poker game, a replacement card in place of that card, such that the second initial hand is displayed in a completed form;
- and
- for each play of the draw poker game that does not comprise one of the plurality of different no-hold initial hands:
- cause a display, by the display device, of an initial hand comprising a plurality of cards,
- cause a display, by the display device, of any cards of the initial hand that are held for the play of the draw poker game, and
- cause a display, by the display device, for each card of the initial hand that is not held for the play of the draw poker game, a replacement card in place of that card, such that the initial hand is displayed in a completed form.
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