Rapid play poker gaming device
AssigneePatent Investment & Licensing Company
InventorJohn F. Acres
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Abstract
Embodiments of this concept are directed to a video poker gaming device that deals five cards to a player and selects five more cards that represent the possible cards used in a later draw. From these ten cards, the gaming device if a winning combination above a threshold amount is possible. If such a winning combination is not possible, in some embodiments, the device automatically ends the game and deals a new hand. If a win over the threshold amount is possible, the gaming device allows the player to hold and draw cards. This increases the speed of play of the poker game and focuses game play on hands where winning combinations are likely.
Claims20
At least one non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to:
- receive a player input via a game actuating button associated with a poker gaming device to activate a poker game on the poker gaming device;
- randomly select a plurality of cards to be used in the poker game;
- display on a video display associated with the poker gaming device a first portion of the plurality of cards to the player as a dealt poker hand;
- analyze the plurality of randomly selected cards to determine if the plurality of randomly selected cards can result in a minimum winning poker hand;
- inform the player of at least one of the possible winning poker hands and allow the player to draw cards from a second portion of the plurality of cards not used in the dealt poker hand to replace cards used in the dealt poker hand when a minimum winning poker hand is determined to be possible from the plurality of randomly selected cards;
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- prevent the player from drawing additional cards from the second portion of the plurality of cards not used in the dealt poker hand when a minimum winning poker hand is determined to not be possible from the plurality of randomly selected cards.
At least one non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, causes the plurality of instructions to:
- operate a rapid play poker gaming session on a poker gaming device by randomly selecting a plurality of cards to be used in the poker gaming session;
- display on a display of the poker gaming device a first portion of the plurality of cards to the player as a dealt poker hand;
- analyze the plurality of randomly selected cards to determine if the plurality of cards can result in a minimum winning poker hand;
- inform the player of at least one of the possible winning poker hands;
- allow the player to draw cards from a second portion of the plurality of cards not used in the dealt poker hand to replace cards used in the dealt poker hand when a minimum winning poker hand is determined to be possible from the plurality of randomly selected cards;
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- prevent the player from drawing additional cards from the second portion of the plurality of cards not used in the dealt poker hand when a minimum winning poker hand is determined to not be possible from the plurality of randomly selected cards.
At least one non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, causes the plurality of instructions to:
- receive an input to initiate a poker game on a poker gaming device via a game actuating button associated with the poker gaming device;
- select a plurality of cards for the poker game, the plurality of cards including a first set of cards and a second set of cards;
- analayze the first and second sets of cards via the programmed processor to evaluate whether the combination of the first and second sets of cards can be combined to create at least one minimum winning poker hand;
- display the first set of cards and at least one of the possible winning poker hands to the player;
- wait for a player input when the first and second sets of cards can be combined to meet a predefined criterion;
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- display a non-preferred game sequence to end the poker game when the first and second sets of cards cannot be combined to create the at least one minimum winning poker hands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.