Player game symbol combinations used for subsequent player versus player challenges

A method of operating a gaming machine, the method comprising:

• causing a display, by a display device of the gaming machine, of a first plurality of reels;
• causing a display, by the display device of the gaming machine, of a first symbol set on the first plurality of reels;
• causing, by a processor of the gaming machine, a communication of data to a remote game server, the data comprising data identifying the gaming machine and data corresponding to the first symbol set, wherein the first symbol set comprises a plurality of symbols;
• receiving, from the game server, data corresponding to a first modified symbol set based on the first symbol set, and data corresponding to a second modified symbol set for a second gaming machine, wherein the first modified symbol set comprises the plurality of symbols and one of a plurality of different suit symbols associated with each of the plurality of symbols, wherein the second modified symbol set for the second gaming machine comprises a second plurality of symbols of a second symbol set displayed by the second gaming machine on a second plurality of reels and one of the plurality of different suit symbols associated with each of the second plurality of symbols;
• displaying, via the display device of the gaming machine, the first modified symbol set and the second modified symbol set;
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• displaying, via the display device of the gaming machine, an indication of one of the first and second modified symbol sets based on a hand-to-hand type comparison of the first modified symbol set to the second modified symbol set.

A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

• receiving, via a processor, data from a remote first gaming machine associated with a first symbol set displayed by a display device of the first gaming machine, wherein the first symbol set comprises a first plurality of symbols displayed on a first plurality of reels displayed by the display device of the first gaming machine;
• receiving, via the processor, data from a remote second gaming machine associated with a second symbol set displayed by a display device of the second gaming machine, wherein the second symbol set comprises a second plurality of symbols displayed on a second plurality of reels displayed by the display device of the second gaming machine;
• causing, via the processor, a communication of data to the first gaming machine associated with the first modified symbol set that results in a display, by a display device of the first gaming machine, of the first modified symbol set, wherein the first modified symbol set is formed by modifying a first symbol set associated with the first gaming machine after the first gaming machine displays, by the display device of the first gaming machine, the first symbol set, wherein the first symbol set comprises a plurality of symbols and the first modified symbol set comprises the plurality of symbols and one of a plurality of different suit symbols associated with each of the plurality of symbols;
• causing, via the processor, a communication of data to the first gaming machine that results in a display, by the display device of the first gaming machine, of an indication of a hand-to-hand type comparison of the first player symbol set to a second modified symbol set associated with a second gaming machine, wherein the second modified symbol set comprises the second plurality of symbols and one of a plurality of different suit symbols associated with each of the second plurality of symbols;
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• causing, via the processor, a communication of data to the first gaming machine that results in a display, by the display device of the first gaming machine, of a determination of a result of the hand-to-hand type comparison of the first modified symbol set to the second modified symbol set associated with the second gaming machine.