US2002145255A1PendingUtilityA1
Electronic multi-format video poker games
Priority: Jan 30, 2001Filed: Jan 30, 2001Published: Oct 10, 2002
Est. expiryJan 30, 2021(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Brian Rudolph
G07F 17/3293G07F 17/32
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Abstract
A player makes a wager and selects a first poker hand format and a second different poker hand format. An initial poker hand is dealt and displayed to the player. The player holds desired cards and discards unwanted cards as is conventional in video poker. Replacement cards for the unwanted cards are dealt and displayed to the player. The final poker hand is analyzed for poker hand ranking. The poker hand ranking of the final poker hand is compared to the pay table for each poker hand format to determine whether the final poker ranking is a winning combination for that poker hand format. Winning hand combinations are paid in accordance with the pay table for each poker format and based on the amount wagered by the player.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modifiedWhat is claimed is:
1 . A method of playing a poker game in which a player plays a single hand relative to two different poker formats comprising:
a) a player selecting a first poker format and a second poker format which is different from the first poker format; b) displaying a five card hand face up to the player; c) the player selecting none, one or more of the face up cards as cards to be held; d) discarding the face up cards that were not selected to be held and replacing each of those cards with a face up card to create a final five card hand; e) determining the poker hand ranking of the final five card hand; f) determining whether the poker hand ranking of the final five card hand is a winning combination relative to the first poker hand format; and g) determining whether the poker hand ranking of the final five card hand is a winning combination relative to the second poker hand format.
2 . The method of claim 1 including the steps of:
a) a player making a wager which is allocated between the first poker format and the second poker format;
b) paying the player a preestablished amount based on the amount of the wager allocated to the first poker format if the final five card hand is a winning combination relative to the first poker format; and
c) paying the player a preestablished amount based on the amount of the wager allocated to the second poker format if the final five card hand is a winning combination relative to the second poker format.
3 . The method of claim 1 in which each poker format is selected from the group consisting of Draw Poker, Bonus Poker, Double Bonus Poker, Double Double Bonus Poker, Deuces Wild Poker and Joker Wild Poker.
4 . A method of playing a poker game in which a player plays a single hand relative to a first preselected poker format and a second preselected poker format which is different from the first poker format comprising:
a) displaying a five card hand face up to the player; b) the player selecting none, one or more of the face up cards as cards to be held; c) discarding the face up cards that were not selected to be held and replacing each of those cards with a face up card to create a final five card hand; d) determining the poker hand ranking of the final five card hand; e) determining whether the poker hand ranking of the final five card hand is a winning combination relative to the first poker hand format; and f) determining whether the poker hand ranking of the final five card hand is a winning combination relative to the second poker hand format.
5 . The method of claim 4 including the steps of:
a) a player making a wager which is allocated between the first poker format and the second poker format;
b) paying the player a preestablished amount based on the amount of the wager allocated to the first poker format if the final five card hand is a winning combination relative to the first poker format; and
c) paying the player a preestablished amount based on the amount of the wager allocated to the second poker format if the final five card hand is a winning combination relative to the second poker format.
6 . The method of claim 4 in which each poker format is selected from the group consisting of Draw Poker, Bonus Poker, Double Bonus Poker, Double Double Bonus Poker, Deuces Wild Poker and Joker Wild Poker.
7 . The method of Clam 4 in which the first poker format is Double Double Bonus Poker with an associated pay table and the second poker format is Deuces Wild Poker with an associated pay table.
8 . The method of claim 7 in which the pay table associated with Double Double Bonus Poker is:
DOUBLE DOUBLE
BONUS POKER
NUMBER OF CREDITS BET
POKER HAND
1
2
3
4
5
ROYAL FLUSH
800
1600
2400
3200
4000
STRAIGHT FLUSH
50
100
150
200
250
FOUR ACES
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
WITH 2, 3 OR 4
FOUR ACES
160
320
480
640
800
FOUR 2'S, 3'S, 4'S
160
320
480
640
800
WITH ACE, 2, 3 OR 4
FOUR 2'S, 3'S, 4'S
80
160
240
320
400
FOUR 5'S THRU KINGS
50
100
150
200
250
FULL HOUSE
11
22
33
44
55
FLUSH
7
14
21
28
35
STRAIGHT
4
8
12
16
20
THREE-OF-A-KIND
3
6
9
12
15
TWO PAIR
1
2
3
4
5
JACKS OR BETTER
1
2
3
4
5
and the pay table associated with Deuces Wild Poker is:
DEUCES WILD
DRAW POKER
NUMBER OF CREDITS BET
POKER HAND
1
2
3
4
5
ROYAL FLUSH
800
1600
2400
3200
4000
FOUR DEUCES
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
WILD ROYAL FLUSH
30
60
90
120
150
FIVE-OF-A-KIND
18
36
54
72
90
STRAIGHT FLUSH
10
20
30
40
50
FOUR-OF-A-KIND
4
8
12
16
20
FULL HOUSE
3
6
9
12
15
FLUSH
2
4
6
8
10
STRAIGHT
2
4
6
8
10
THREE-OF-A-KIND
1
2
3
4
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