Poker Game Having Additional Draws

Abstract

A poker game is disclosed. The poker game comprises dealing an initial hand from a deck of playing cards. A player is allowed to discard and replace as few as none, and as many as all, of the cards from the initial hand. The resulting hand is evaluated to determine whether the player has a three-of-a-kind, and if so, a second draw is triggered. The second draw provides the player with another opportunity to obtain a four-of-a-kind without the need for an additional wager, by allowing the player to discard at least one card and draw a replacement card for each card discarded. Multiple initial hands may be provided.

1 . A poker game comprising:
 a deck of playing cards;   a wager receivable from a player;   an initial hand dealt from the deck of playing cards in response to receipt of the wager;   one or more cards optionally discardable from the initial hand, wherein any card discarded from the initial hand is replaced with a replacement card, and wherein an additional discard option is enabled when a stand-alone result of a three-of-a-kind is shown in the initial hand and player eligibility is satisfied, wherein the first additional discard option includes replacing any additional discarded card with an additional replacement card without requiring an additional wager; and   a payout awarded according to a poker payout table.   
   
   
       2 . The poker game of  claim 1 , wherein the initial hand comprises five cards. 
   
   
       3 . The poker game of  claim 1 , wherein the initial hand comprises seven cards. 
   
   
       4 . The poker game of  claim 1 , wherein the initial hand comprises less than seven cards. 
   
   
       5 . The poker game of  claim 1 , wherein the initial hand is dealt from a standard deck of cards. 
   
   
       6 . The poker game of  claim 1 , wherein the initial hand is dealt from a deck of cards comprising one or more wild cards. 
   
   
       7 . The poker game of  claim 1 , wherein dealing the hand of cards comprises dealing each of the cards face-up. 
   
   
       8 . The poker game of  claim 1 , wherein dealing the hand of cards comprises dealing each of the cards face-down. 
   
   
       9 . The poker game of  claim 1 , wherein dealing the hand of cards comprises dealing a number of the cards face-up and the remaining number of the cards face-down. 
   
   
       10 . The poker game of  claim 1 , further comprising a request receivable from the player to discard one or more of the dealt cards, wherein the one or more of the cards requested to be discarded are discarded. 
   
   
       11 . The poker game of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more additional dealt hands, wherein each additional hand contains the same number of cards as the initial dealt hand and wherein the additional discard option is also enabled for each additional dealt hand in which a stand-alone result of a three-of-a-kind is shown and player eligibility is satisfied.