Video poker wagering game with card substitution feature
A gaming system for playing a video poker game includes a wager-input device, a display, and a controller. The wager-input device receives a wager input from a player and the display displays the video poker game having a plurality of cards. The controller is coupled to the display and the wager-input device, and is programmed to provide an initial poker hand that is randomly selected from the plurality of cards. In response to a bonus feature being triggered, a certain card in the initial poker hand is replaced with at least two substitute cards from the plurality of cards to form two distinct final poker hands.
1 . A gaming system for playing a video poker game, comprising:
a wager-input device for receiving a wager input;
a display for displaying said video poker game having a plurality of cards; and
a controller coupled to said display and said wager-input device and programmed to
provide an initial poker hand that is randomly selected from said plurality of cards,
in response to a bonus feature being triggered, replace a certain card in said initial poker hand with at least two substitute cards from said plurality of cards to form two distinct final poker hands.
2 . The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein said bonus feature is triggered based on a predetermined criterion that is unrelated to said initial poker hand.
3 . The gaming system of claim 2 , wherein said predetermined criterion includes at least one of a predetermined number of a dice roll and a side wager received from said player,
4 . The gaming system of claim 3 , wherein said controller is further programmed to randomly select said certain card from said initial poker hand.
5 . The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein said certain card is a plurality of cards.
6 . The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein said certain card is a player-selected card from said initial poker hand.
7 . The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein said controller is further programmed to determine whether each of said final poker hands is a winning hand.
8 . The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of said two substitute cards is a wild card.
9 . The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein said controller is further programmed to trigger said bonus feature when a bonus card is included in said initial poker hand.
10 . The gaming system of claim 9 , wherein said bonus card is said certain card.
11 . A method for playing a video poker game having a plurality of cards, comprising:
receiving a wager input from a player for playing said video poker game;
in response to receiving said wager, forming an initial poker hand that is randomly selected from said plurality of cards;
substituting a first card for one of said cards in said initial poker hand to form a first final poker hand; and
substituting a second card for said one of said cards in said initial poker hand to form a second final poker hand.
12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising triggering said substituting of said first card and second card based on a predetermined criterion that is unrelated to said forming of said initial poker hand.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein said triggering includes at least one of selecting a predetermined number of a dice roll and receiving a side wager from said player.
14 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising randomly selecting said first card and said second card from said plurality of cards.
15 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising determining whether each of said first final poker hand and said second final poker hand is a winning hand.
16 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving a player selection for selecting said one of said cards from said initial poker hand.
17 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising triggering said bonus feature when a bonus card is included in said initial poker hand.
18 . A computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions for directing a gaming device to perform the method of claim 11 .
19 . A method for playing a video poker game having a plurality of cards, comprising:
receiving a wager input for playing said video poker game;
in response to receiving said wager, forming an initial poker hand that is randomly selected from said plurality of cards, said initial poker hand having a plurality of initial cards;
substituting a wild card for a first one of said plurality of initial cards to form a first final poker hand, said wild card and any unsubstituted cards of said first final poker hand resulting in a predetermined ranking for said first final poker hand; and
substituting said wild card for a second one of said plurality of initial cards to form a second final poker hand, said wild card and any unsubstituted cards of said second final poker hand resulting in another predetermined ranking for said second final poker hand.
20 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising substituting all remaining ones of said plurality of initial cards, one at a time.