Methods and Systems for Administering Wagering Games Comprising a Plurality of Game Play Election Events

A method of administering a poker-style game, comprising:

• accepting an ante wager from a player;
• dealing cards to form a dealer hand;
• dealing other cards to form a player hand, comprising performing a first card distribution act, at least one intermediate card distribution act, and a final card distribution act;
• after performing the first card distribution act, accepting a first game play election from the player, the first game play election selected from the group consisting of checking and placing a first play wager limited to a first amount;
• after performing the at least one intermediate card distribution act, accepting a second game play election from the player, the second game play election selected from the group consisting of checking and placing a second play wager limited to a second amount less than the first amount;
• after performing the final card distribution act:
• accepting a third game play election based at least in part on the first game play election and the second game play election, the third game play election selected from the group consisting of checking, folding and placing a third play wager limited to a third amount less than the second amount;
• and
• resolving all accepted wagers.

A method of administering a wagering game, comprising:

• accepting an ante wager from a player;
• dealing a complete hand of cards to form a dealer hand;
• dealing cards to form a player hand, comprising performing at least two card distribution acts;
• administering a game play election event, comprising:
• providing a set of game play election options comprising a play wager option;
• accepting from the player an election selected by the player from the set of game play election options;
• before performing a last card distribution act of the at least two card distribution acts,
• administering at least another game play election event, comprising:
• providing another set of game play election options comprising another play wager option, the another set of play wager options being independent of the set of play wager options;
• accepting from the player another game play election selected by the player from the another set of game play election options;
• after performing the last card distribution act of the at least two card distribution acts,
• administering a final game play election event, comprising:
• providing a final set of game play election options comprising a final play wager option;
• accepting from the player a final game play election selected by the player from the final set of game play election options;
• and
• resolving all accepted wagers.

A method of administering a wagering game, comprising:

• accepting from a player an ante wager;
• accepting from the player a blind wager equal to the ante wager;
• dealing seven cards to form a seven-card dealer hand;
• dealing three cards for a player hand;
• administering a first game play election event, comprising:
• providing a first set of game play election options consisting of checking and a first play wager limited to three times the ante wager;
• and
• accepting from the player a first election selected from the first set of game play election options;
• dealing two cards for the player hand;
• administering a second game play election event, comprising:
• providing a second set of game play election options consisting of checking and a second play wager limited to two times the ante wager;
• and
• accepting from the player a second game play election selected from the second set of game play election options;
• dealing another two cards to complete a seven-card player hand;
• administering a third game play election event, comprising:
• providing a third set of game play election options consisting of a third play wager limited to one times the ante wager and one of checking and folding, the one of checking and folding selected for the third set of game play election options based on the first election and the second election;
• and
• accepting from the player a third election selected from the third set of game play election options;
• revealing the dealer hand;
• and
• resolving all accepted wagers based at least in part on at least one of a player hand rank of a five-card player hand derived from the seven-card player hand and a dealer hand rank of a five-card dealer hand derived from the seven-card dealer hand.

A method of administering a wagering game, comprising:

• providing a playing device gaming layout displaying a plurality of wagering areas comprising an ante wager area, a blind wager area, and at least three play wager areas;
• accepting from a player an ante wager at least partially covering the ante wager area;
• accepting from the player a blind wager at least partially covering the blind wager area;
• dealing seven randomly ordered cards to form a dealer hand;
• dealing a group of three randomly ordered cards for a player hand;
• accepting a first wagering option selected by the player from a first check election and a first play wager election, the first play wager election limited to an amount of a first integer multiple of the ante wager, the first play wager at least partially covering a first play wager area of the at least three play wager areas, the first check election leaving the first play wager area exposed;
• dealing two additional randomly ordered cards for the player hand;
• accepting a second wagering option selected by the player from a second check election and a second play wager election, the second play wager election limited to an amount of a second integer multiple of the ante wager, the second play wager at least partially covering a second play wager area of the at least three play wager areas, the second check election leaving the second play wager area exposed;
• dealing another two additional randomly ordered cards to complete the player hand;
• accepting a third wagering option selected by the player from a third play wager election and a one of a fold election and a third check election, the one of the fold election and the third check election provided based at least in part on a state of exposure of the first play wager area and the second play wager area, the third play wager election limited to an amount of a third integer multiple of the ante wager;
• and
• resolving all wagers at least partially covering one of the plurality of wagering areas.

A system for administering a wagering game over a computer network, comprising:

• An online server-based gaming system configured to be accessed by a user device over a network, the gaming system comprising a processor and associated memory, the processor programmed to:
• accept an ante wager instruction from a user device to place an ante wager;
• communicate to a user device card values forming a dealer hand;
• communicate to a user device card values for a player hand;
• accept from a user device a first election from a first set of game play wager options comprising a first play wager option;
• communicate to a user device at least one additional card value for the player hand;
• accept from a user device a second election from a second set of game play election options comprising a second play wager option;
• communicate to a user device at least one final card value for the player hand, the player hand consisting of the card values, the at least one additional card value, and the at least one final card value;
• based at least in part on at least one of the first election and the second election, a processor populating a third set of game play election options with a third play wager option and one of a fold election option and a check election option;
• accept from a user device a third election from the third set of game play election options;
• and
• resolve all accepted wager instructions.