Skill-based games played for prizes

Abstract

A card game whereby pre-programmed computer players play a discrete number of hands of said card game and then the range of results is recorded. Then, at least one human player is allowed to play the exact same number of hands of said card game that the computer players previously played. Then, the result of how the human player performed is compared to range of results of the computer players (for instance by comparing chip counts, points, winnings, etc.). The human player becomes eligible to be awarded prizes based upon how well said human player performed relative to how the computer player(s) performed.

1 . A game of skill comprising the steps of: 
 playing by a computer of a discrete number of hands of a card game;    recording the result of the computer's performance;    playing by a human of the exact same hands of said card game;    recording the result of the human's performance;    comparing the computer's performance to the human's performance; and    determining whether the human player will be awarded prizes based upon a predetermined schedule further based upon the comparison.