Draw poker

1. In a method of a playing a game on a gaming machine, the steps of:

providing a video image of five cards randomly dealt from a standard deck of fifty two cards in response to a player depositing a draw Poker wager into the machine, said five randomly dealt cards forming a first Poker hand;

providing a video image of a second chance pay table;

permitting said player to deposit a second chance wager into the machine prior to said player making a draw that causes an exchange of images of selected ones of said five cards with images of newly dealt cards from said deck thereby forming a second Poker hand;

permitting said player to make said draw;

providing a view of a draw poker pay table;

making a payout to said player in accordance with said second Poker hand and the draw Poker pay table; and

making a payout to said player in accordance with said second Poker hand and a second chance pay table when said player makes said second chance wager.

2. In the method of playing the game of claim 1 , upon viewing the first Poker hand, the step of providing said player an option of ending the game by surrendering a part of said draw Poker wager.

3. In the method of claim 1 wherein said step of providing said video image of said second chance pay table includes the steps of:

said player providing to the machine a first exchange input that indicates which cards of said first poker hand are to be exchanged;

providing said video image of said second chance table in response to said exchange input; and

providing a video image of a second poker hand in response to a second exchange input.

4. In the method of claim 1 , the additional step of making a draw poker bonus payout when the first poker hand has a rank that is a straight or higher.

5. In the method of claim 1 , the additional step of making a second chance bonus payout when the second hand wager is made prior to cards being dealt and the first poker hand has a rank that is a straight or higher.

6. In the method of playing a game on a gaming machine, the steps of:

providing a video image of five cards randomly dealt from a first standard deck of fifty two cards in response to a player depositing a starting wager into the machine, said five randomly dealt cards forming a first Poker hand;

permitting said player to make a draw that causes an exchange of images of selected cards of said first Poker hand with images of newly dealt cards from said first deck thereby forming a first final hand;

providing a view of a draw poker pay table;

giving said player a first credit in accordance with said draw Poker pay table for an amount wagered equal to the starting wager, the rank being that of the first final hand;

providing a video image of five cards randomly dealt from a second standard deck, thereby forming a second Poker hand;

permitting said player to form a second final hand by making a draw that exchanges images of selected cards of said second Poker hand for images of newly dealt cards from said second deck;

giving said player a final payout in accordance with said pay table for an amount wagered equal to said first credit and the rank of the second final hand; and ending said game when any final hand does not meet a minimum payout standard of said pay table.

7. In the method of claim 6 wherein said player has an option of ending the game upon viewing said first draw Poker hand by surrendering a part of the starting wager.

8. In the method of claim 6 wherein said player has an option of ending the game upon viewing said second draw Poker hand by surrendering a part of the first credit.

9. In the method of claim 6 wherein said player is given a completion payout concurrently with said final payout.