Video poker game employing stripped deck
OwnerGeoff Hallinventor
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer readable storage medium to provide a variation of a video poker game. The video poker game offers the player an ability to earn having the very next game dealt from a stripped deck. A stripped deck is a standard 52 card deck with certain cards removed. For example, one type of stripped deck is a standard 52 card deck with all 2s through 9s removed, thereby providing the player with a huge advantage.
Claims14
A method to play a poker game, the method comprising:
- executing instructions on a processing unit, the processing unit operationally connected to an input device and an output device, the instructions configured to perform:
- providing an electronic or physical non-standard deck of less than 52 cards;
- receiving a wager from a player;
- dealing a player's initial hand comprising at least three cards;
- receiving, from the player, a selection of hold cards from the initial hand;
- replacing non-hold cards using the deck to form a final hand;
- evaluating a poker rank of the final hand;
- and
- resolving the wager using the poker rank.
A method to play video poker, the method comprising:
- executing instructions on a processing unit, the processing unit operationally connected to an input device and an output device, the instructions configured to perform:
- receiving a first wager and allowing the player to complete a first video poker game;
- determining, based on an event in the first video poker game, whether a second video poker game qualifies for a stripped deck;
- receiving a second wager to player the second game;
- dealing an initial poker hand from a stripped deck if the determining determines that the second game qualifies for the stripped deck otherwise the initial poker hand is dealt from a standard deck;
- allowing the player to indicate non-held cards from the initial poker hand;
- replacing the non-held cards in the initial poker hand to form a final poker hand;
- and
- paying the player any earned award based on the final hand.
The method as recited in claim, wherein if a stripped deck is used for the dealing an initial poker hand, then the stripped deck is also used for the replacing.
A method to play video poker, the method comprising:
- executing instructions on a processing unit, the processing unit operationally connected to an input device and an output device, the instructions configured to perform:
- receiving a first wager and allowing the player to complete a first video poker game;
- determining, based on an event in the first video poker game, whether a second video poker game qualifies for a stripped deck;
- receiving a second wager to player the second game;
- dealing an initial poker hand from a standard deck;
- allowing the player to indicate non-held cards from the initial poker hand;
- replacing the non-held cards in the initial poker hand with replacement cards to form a final poker hand, the replacement cards are dealt from the stripped deck if the determining determines that the second game qualifies for the stripped deck otherwise the replacement cards are dealt from a the standard deck;
- and
- paying the player any earned award based on the final hand.
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