Method of playing electronic video poker games
OwnerErnest W. Moodyinventor
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Abstract
The method of the present invention involves a card game in which at least two rows of cards, and preferably three rows, are dealt to a player. The player makes a wager for each row of cards. One row of five cards are dealt all face up. The player selects none, one or more of the face up cards from the first row as cards to be held. The cards that are held are duplicated from the first row into all of the other rows. Replacement cards for the non-selected cards are dealt into the first row. Additional cards are also dealt to all of the other rows so that each row is a five card hand. The poker hand ranking of each five card hand by row is determined. The player is then paid for any winning poker hands based on a pay table and the amount of the player's wager.
Claims8
A method of playing a card game comprising:
- a) dealing a first hand of at least five cards all face up;
- b) selecting none, one or more of the face up cards from the first hand as cards to be held;
- c) duplicating the cards selected to be held from the first hand into a second hand;
- d) duplicating the cards selected to be held from the first hand into a third hand;
- e) discarding from the first hand the face up cards that were not selected to be held and replacing each of those cards with a face up card;
- f) completing the second hand to have at least five cards by dealing additional face up cards;
- g) completing the third hand to have at least five cards by dealing additional face up cards;
- h) determining the poker hand ranking of the resulting cards of the first hand, the second hand and the third hand.
A method of playing a card game comprising:
- a) dealing a first hand of at least five cards all face up;
- b) selecting none, one or more of the face up cards from the first hand as cards to be held;
- c) duplicating the cards selected to be held from the first hand into at least a second hand;
- d) discarding from the first hand the face up cards that were not selected to be held and replacing each of those cards with a face up card;
- e) completing the second hand and any additional hands to have at least five cards by dealing additional face up cards to each of the second hand and any additional hands;
- f) determining the poker hand ranking of the resulting cards of the first hand, the second hand and any additional hands.
A method of playing a card game comprising:
- a) dealing a first hand of at least five cards all face up;
- b) selecting none, one or more of the face up cards from the first hand as cards to be held;
- c) discarding from the first hand the face up cards that were not selected to be held and replacing each of those cards with a face up card;
- d) duplicating the cards selected to be held from the first hand into at least a second hand;
- e) completing the second hand to have at least five cards by dealing additional face up cards to the second hand;
- f) determining the poker hand ranking of the resulting cards of the first hand and the second hand.
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