Method And System For Providing Adaptable Options For Electronic Gaming
A method and gaming station that provides a toolbar having short-cut tabs that responsively adapt to a wagering state in an electronic or online poker game is provided. The short-cut tabs allow a player to wager in terms of factors such as a pot-size or a minimum wager. The short-cut tabs, and the wagers displayed therein, adapt to a particular context of the game, allowing a player to wager more efficiently during the course of a poker game. In addition, the short-cut tabs may be user-configurable, giving a player desired tabs at specific points of time within a poker game.
1 . A graphical interface for an electronic poker game, comprising:
a toolbar for selecting a wager; and
a plurality of short-cut tabs positioned on the toolbar, wherein each of the short-cut tabs represents a wager value, and wherein the short-cut tabs responsively adapt to a wagering state of the game.
2 . The interface as in claim 1 , wherein the short-cut tabs responsively adapt to a pot value.
3 . The interface as in claim 1 , wherein the short-cut tabs comprise a wager value representative of at least one of a percentage of a pot value and a fraction of the pot value.
4 . The interface as in claim 1 , wherein the short-cut tabs responsively adapt to a multiple of a minimum wager value.
5 . The interface as in claim 1 , wherein the wagering state comprises a pre-flop state and a post-flop state.
6 . The interface as in claim 5 , wherein in the pre-flop state, the short-cut tabs comprise a short-cut tab representative of a minimum wager value and a short-cut tab representative of a multiple of the minimum wager value.
7 . The interface as in claim 6 , wherein the short-cut tab representative of the multiple of the minimum wager value comprises an integer multiple of the minimum wager value.
8 . The interfaced as in claim 7 , wherein in the post-flop state, the short-cut tabs comprise a short-cut tab representative of a fraction of a pot value.
9 . The interface as in claim 1 , wherein the short-cut tabs are user-configured.
10 . A method for graphically presenting selectable wager amounts associated with a poker game that provides a toolbar to a user for selecting wagers, the method comprising:
identifying a wagering state associated with the game;
generating the short-cut tabs based on the identified wagering state; and
displaying the plurality of short-cut tabs on the toolbar.
11 . The method as in claim 10 , wherein the short-cut tabs are user-configured.
12 . The method as in claim 10 , wherein the identified wagering state is selected from the group consisting of a pre-flop state and a post flop state.
13 . The method as in claim 10 , further comprising:
generating a first short-cut tab associated with a minimum wager value; and
generating a second short-cut tab associated with a multiple of the minimum wager value.
14 . The method as in claim 13 , wherein the second short-cut tab comprises an integer multiple of the minimum wager value.
15 . The method as in claim 10 , further comprising generating a first short-cut tab associated with a fraction of a pot value.
16 . A gaming station comprising:
a monitor that presents to a user a display of game-play corresponding to a poker game, wherein the display further includes a graphical toolbar for selecting a wager, and wherein the toolbar comprises a plurality of short-cut tabs each of which represent a wager value;
a processor; and
a memory comprising processing instructions executable by the processor to responsively adapt the short-cut tabs to a wagering state of the game.
17 . The station as in claim 16 , wherein the short-cut tabs are user-configured.
18 . The station as in claim 16 , wherein the wagering state comprises at least one of a pre-flop state and a post-flop state.
19 . The station as in claim 18 , wherein the short-cut tabs in the pre-flop state include a minimum wager value and a multiple of the minimum wager value, and wherein the short-cut tabs in the post-flop state include at least one of a percentage of a pot value and a fraction of the pot value.
20 . The station as in claim 16 , wherein gaming server is coupled to a server via a communication network.