Wager selections for wagering games truncated by prior wage level

A gaming system comprising:

• one or more input devices;
• one or more display devices;
• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the gaming system to:
• receive, via at least one of the one or more input devices, a first input indicative of a first wager,
• display a first play of a wagering game on the one or more displays,
• display a first outcome of the first play on the one or more displays,
• in response to an occurrence of a predetermined event during the first play, place a subsequent second play of the wagering game in an advantageous state,
• receive, via at least one of the one or more input devices, a second input indicative of a second wager, the second wager being selected from at least one wager amount, the at least one wager amount being a function of the first wager,
• display a second play of the wagering game on the one or more displays, and
• display a second outcome of the second play, at least a portion of the second outcome being associated with the predetermined event of the first play.

A computer-implemented method in a gaming system, the method comprising:

• receiving, via at least one of one or more input devices, an input indicative of a wager, the wager being selected from at least one wager amount, the at least one wager amount being a function of a previous wager associated with an immediately preceding wagering game;
• displaying, on at least one of one or more display devices, a wagering game on the one or more displays, the wagering game being in an advantageous state relative to the immediately preceding wagering game;
• and
• displaying, on at least one of the one or more displays, an outcome of the wagering game, at least a portion of the outcome being enhanced by an outcome of the immediately preceding wagering game.