Systems and methods for allowing players to play poker games having multiple decks

A method of operating a system for providing a poker-type card game to a plurality of players, the system includes a server computer coupled to a plurality of user computing devices, the server computer including a processor coupled to a memory device, the method including the processor performing the steps of:

• initiating a game including displaying the game on a game screen on a plurality of user computing devices;
• accessing the memory device and retrieving a plurality of player decks, each of the plurality of player decks including a set of randomly-ordered playing cards;
• assigning a player deck to each player of the plurality of players;
• receiving a wager from each player and initiate a round of the game;
• conducting a dealing cycle including distributing a player hand to each player from a corresponding player deck assigned to each player, each player hand including a plurality of playing cards;
• detecting a triggering condition occurring during the dealing cycle and responsively reassembling each assigned player deck by adding each card previously distributed to a player to the corresponding assigned player deck, shuffling each reassembled assigned player deck, and conducting another dealing cycle with the shuffled reassembled player decks to distribute the player hand to each of the plurality of players;
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• determining an outcome of the round of the game as a function of the player hands and providing an award to at least one of the players as a function of the received wagers and the outcome.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to:

• initiate a game including displaying the game on a game screen on a plurality of user computing devices;
• access the memory device and retrieve a plurality of player decks, each of the plurality of player decks including a set of randomly-ordered playing cards;
• assign a player deck to each player of the plurality of players;
• receive a wager from each player and initiate a round of the game;
• conduct a dealing cycle including distributing a player hand to each player from a corresponding player deck assigned to each player, each player hand including a plurality of playing cards;
• detect a triggering condition occurring during the dealing cycle and responsively reassemble each assigned player deck by adding each card previously distributed to a player to the corresponding assigned player deck, shuffle each reassembled assigned player deck, and conduct another dealing cycle with the shuffled reassembled player decks to distribute the player hand to each of the plurality of players;
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• determine an outcome of the round of the game as a function of the player hands and provide an award to at least one of the players as a function of the received wagers and the outcome.