Online Live Dealer Multi-Hand Draw Poker Gaming System and Method

A gaming server for providing a hybrid game of draw poker, comprising:

• a communication interface for sending and receiving game-related information over a network;
• a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;
• and
• a processor, coupled to the communication interface and the memory, for executing the processor-executable instructions that causes the gaming server to:
• receive, by the processor via the communication interface, electronic indications of an initial sub-set of physical playing cards dealt from a deck of physical playing cards;
• provide, by the processor via the communication interface, the electronic indications of the initial sub-set to a remote game player;
• receive, by the processor via the communication interface, a first indication from the remote game player of a number of poker hands to be played;
• generate, by the processor, electronic replacement card values to one or more of the poker hands;
• and
• conduct, by the processor via the communication interface, a game of draw poker for each of the poker hands, each poker hand comprising at least some of the electronic indications of the initial sub-set of physical playing cards and one or more of the electronic replacement card values generated by the processor.