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US 2022/0101698 A1Published application
Extra hands and extra duplications for multi-hand poker
AssigneeIgt
InventorsErnest W. Moody, Michael Fields, Yoohwan Hwang
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the gaming systems and methods provide plays of a multi-hand poker game where extra hands can be added and/or where extra card duplications can be made.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- for a play of a poker game:
- displaying, by a display device, a plurality of initial cards for an initial hand of an initial plurality of hands,
- for each of the plurality of initial cards of the initial hand, responsive to that initial card being held, displaying, by the display device, a duplicate of that initial card in each of the other hands of the initial plurality of hands,
- for each non-held initial card in the initial hand, determining a replacement card for the non-held initial card, and displaying, by the display device, of the replacement card in that hand,
- completing each of the other of the initial plurality of hands, and
- for each of the initial plurality of hands, displaying, by the display device, any determined award for that hand;
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- responsive to the initial hand comprising a designated combination of initial cards and responsive to each of the initial cards of the designated combination of initial cards in the initial hand being held:
- displaying, by the display device, a quantity of extra hands, wherein each extra hand comprises the initial cards of the designated combination of initial cards as held cards, the quantity being at least one,
- completing each of the extra hands, and
- for each of the extra hands, displaying, by the display device, any determined award for that hand.
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A method comprising:
- for a play of a poker game:
- displaying, by a display device, a plurality of initial cards for an initial hand of an initial plurality of hands,
- for each of the plurality of initial cards of the initial hand, responsive to that card being held, displaying, by the display device, a duplicate of that initial card in each of the other hands of the initial plurality of hands,
- for each non-held initial card in the initial hand, determining a replacement card for the non-held initial card, and displaying, by the display device, the replacement card in that hand,
- completing each of the other of the initial plurality of hands,
- for one of the initial plurality of hands, responsive to one of the replacement cards being a designated replacement card, displaying, by the display device, a duplicate of that designated replacement card in one of the other hands of the initial plurality of hands as a replacement card for that hand prior to any award determination for that hand, and
- for each of the initial plurality of hands, displaying, by the display device, any determined award for that hand.
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A method comprising:
- for a play of a poker game:
- displaying, by a display device, a plurality of initial cards for an initial hand of an initial plurality of hands,
- for each of the plurality of initial cards of the initial hand, responsive to that initial card being held, displaying, by the display device, a duplicate of that initial card in each of the other hands of the initial plurality of hands,
- for each non-held initial card in the initial hand, determining a replacement card for the non-held initial card, and displaying, by the display device, the replacement card in that hand,
- completing each of the other of the initial plurality of hands,
- for one of the initial plurality of hands, responsive to one of the cards being a designated replacement card, displaying, by the display device, a duplicate of that designated replacement card in an extra hand prior to any award determination for that extra hand,
- for each of the initial plurality of hands, displaying, by the display device, any determined award for that hand, and
- for the extra hand, displaying, by the display device, any determined award for that extra hand.
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