Poker game

Abstract

The method of the present invention involves a new multi-handed poker game. In the poker game the player selects a number of hands greater than one to be played. The player is then dealt an initial hand and selects cards to be held. Additional hands are then created by creating additional cards that are based upon the held cards but that may differ in either the rank or suit. Preferably the created cards follow a natural progression of increasing rank. The initial hand and all created hands are then completed and the resulting poker hands evaluated. Preferably the player receives payouts based on a pay table for each poker hand.

1 . A method of playing a game of poker comprising: 
 (a) accepting a wager from a player;    (b) dealing a first poker hand to the player consisting of at least a plurality of first cards, wherein each card has a rank and a suit;    (c) selecting a number of the first cards as cards to be held;    (d) discarding the first cards that were not selected to be held;    (e) completing the first hand by drawing additional cards;    (f) creating an additional hand of cards, said additional hand at least having one card corresponding to each card selected to be held in the first hand, wherein each of said cards in the additional hand has a rank or a suit that was selected based, at least in part on the rank and suit of a corresponding card in a previous hand according to a predefined progression;    (g) completing the second hand by drawing additional cards;    (h) evaluating the poker hand rankings of all completed hands;    (i) making a payout to the player based on the evaluated poker hand rankings, a pay table and the wager.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the wager determines a number of additional hands to be created and steps (f) and (g) are repeated until the determined number of additional hands is created and completed, such that a series of cards are created based on each corresponding card in the first hand selected to be held.  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 2  wherein the predefined progression includes increasing the rank of each card created in any additional hand by one increment over the rank of the corresponding card in the previous hand until a maximum rank is reached.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 3  wherein the predefined progression includes maintaining the rank of any card created in any additional hand at the maximum rank if any of the cards corresponding to the created card had the maximum rank in any previous hand.  
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 3  wherein the predefined progression includes reversing the direction of progression for the series of cards created based on the corresponding card in the first hand once one card in the series reaches the maximum rank.  
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 5  wherein the maximum rank is an Ace.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 3  wherein the predefined progression includes resetting the rank of a card created in an additional hand at a predetermined rank if the corresponding card in the previous hand was of the maximum rank.  
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the maximum rank is an Ace and the predetermined rank is a Two.  
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 3  wherein the predefined progression includes reversing the direction of progression for all cards created after either a card selected to be held in the first hand or created in an additional hand reaches the rank of Ace.  
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 4  wherein the predefined progression includes changing either the rank or suit of at least one created card in an additional hand if two or more created cards in the additional hand have the same rank and suit.  
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the predefined progression includes changing the suit of the at least one created card to a non-suit card.  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the predefined progression includes changing the suit of the at least one created card to a multi-suit card.  
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the predefined progression includes changing either the rank or suit of at least one created card in an additional hand if two or more created cards in the additional hand have the same rank and suit.  
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13  wherein the predefined progression includes changing the suit of the at least one created card to a non-suit card.  
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 13  wherein the predefined progression includes changing the suit of the at least one created card to a multi-suit card.