One-by-one card game permitting changing player strategy during game

Abstract

A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for playing a card game. In one embodiment, the method comprising the steps of dealing a hand of cards, offering to accept a selection of one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card, accepting the selection of the one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card, replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card, after replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card, offering to accept a further selection of another one of the hand of cards with another replacement card, scoring the hand of cards

1 . A method of playing a card game, comprising the steps of:
 (a) dealing a hand of cards;   (b) offering to accept a selection of one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card;   (c) accepting the selection of the one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card;   (d) replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card;   (e) after replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card, offering to accept a further selection of another one of the hand of cards with another replacement card; and   (f) scoring the hand of cards.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein after offering to accept a further selection of another one of the hand of cards with another replacement cards, the method further comprises the steps of:
 (f) accepting the further selection of the another one of the hand of cards; and   (g) replacing the selected another one of the hand of cards with the another replacement card.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the steps of repeating steps (b)-(e) until all of the cards in the hand of cards have been replaced or a command is accepted to score the hand of cards. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the hand of cards and replacement cards are dealt from a single 52 card deck of playing cards. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the hand of cards is a hand of poker and is scored according to a hand of poker. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising the steps of:
 accepting a wager before dealing the hand of cards; and   paying a payout according to the scored hand of cards, the wager and a payout schedule.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 step (a) comprises dealing a plurality of hands of cards;   steps (b)-(e) are performed for all of the plurality of hands of cards; and   step (f) comprises scoring the plurality of the hands of cards.   
     
     
         8 . A gaming device, comprising:
 an interface to accept user input and provide user output;   a memory, for storing instructions and data,   a processor, communicatively coupled to the interface and the memory, the processor for performing the instructions stored in the memory;   wherein the instructions include instructions for:
 (a) electronically dealing a hand of cards for display via the interface; 
 (b) offering, via the interface, to accept a selection of one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card; 
 (c) accepting the selection of the one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card via the interface; 
 (d) electronically replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card; 
 (e) after electronically replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card, offering, via the interface, to accept a further selection of another one of the hand of cards with another replacement card; and 
 (f) electronically scoring the hand of cards. 
   
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein the instructions include instructions for accepting, via the interface, the further selection of the another one of the hand of cards and electronically replacing the selected another one of the hand of cards with the another replacement card after offering, via the interface to accept a further selection of another one of the hand of cards with another replacement cards. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions for repeatedly:
 offering to accept a selection of one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card,   accepting the selection of the one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card via the interface,   electronically replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card; and   offering, via the interface, to accept a further selection of another one of the hand of cards with another replacement card after electronically replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card.   
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein the hand of cards and replacement cards are dealt from a single 52 card deck of playing cards. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein the hand of cards is a hand of poker and is scored according to a hand of poker. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions for:
 accepting, via the interface, a wager before dealing the hand of cards; and   paying a payout via the interface according to the scored hand of cards and the wager according to a payout schedule.   
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein:
 the instructions for performing step (a) comprise instructions for dealing a plurality of hands of cards;   the instructions for performing steps (b)-(e) are performed for all of the plurality of hands of cards; and   the instructions for performing step (f) comprises scoring the plurality of the hands of cards.   
     
     
         15 . An apparatus for playing a card game, comprising the steps of:
 means for dealing a hand of cards;   means for offering to accept a selection of one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card;   means for accepting the selection of the one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card;   means for replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card;   means for after replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card, offering to accept a further selection of another one of the hand of cards with another replacement card; and   means for scoring the hand of cards.   
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , further comprising means for accepting the further selection of the another one of the hand of cards, and for replacing the selected another one of the hand of cards with the another replacement card after offering to accept a further selection of another one of the hand of cards with another replacement cards. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , further comprising means for repeatedly:
 offering to accept a selection of one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card;   accepting the selection of the one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card;   replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card; and   offering to accept a further selection of another one of the hand of cards with another replacement card after replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card.   
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 17 , wherein the hand of cards and replacement cards are dealt from a single 52 card deck of playing cards. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 18 , wherein the hand of cards is a hand of poker and is scored according to a hand of poker. 
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 19 , further comprising:
 means for accepting a wager before dealing the hand of cards; and   means for paying a payout according to the scored hand of cards and the wager according to a payout schedule.   
     
     
         21 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein:
 the means for dealing a hand of cards comprises means for dealing a plurality of hands of cards;   the means for offering to accept a selection of one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card, for accepting the selection of the one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card, for replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card, and for offering to accept a further selection of another one of the hand of cards with another replacement card after replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card comprises means for offering to accept a selection of one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card, for accepting the selection of the one of the hand of cards for replacement with a replacement card, for replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card, and for offering to accept a further selection of another one of the hand of cards with another replacement card after replacing the selected one of the hand of cards with the replacement card for all of the plurality of the hands of cards; and   the means for means for scoring the hand of cards comprises means for scoring all of the plurality of hands of cards.