Multi-hand poker with card transformations
View Patent ↗A method of implementing a wagering game. A first hand of cards is dealt on a first row. Cards can be held or discarded by a player. Cards that are held are transformed into a card with a same face value but a different suit and copied into an additional row. Cards not held are replaced in the first row and the additional row.
1. An electronic gaming device to implement a wagering game, the device comprising:
an output device;
a processing unit, configured to execute instructions on a processing unit to perform the following operations:
receiving a bet from a player;
dealing, using the output device, a first row of cards;
receiving an indication from the player, using an input device, of the hold card(s) and discard card(s) in the first row;
transforming, using the output device, each of the hold cards in two additional rows by copying a face value of each hold card in two additional rows and using different suits for the first row and the two additional rows for each hold card;
receiving, using the input device, an indication from the player to draw;
replacing, using the output device, the discard cards in the first row to form a first final hand;
dealing, using the output device, additional cards in the two additional rows to form additional final hands;
determining a first final hand rank for the first final hand and additional final hand ranks for the additional final hands; and
paying a first award, if earned based on the first final hand rank and additional awards, if earned, based on the additional final hand ranks.
2. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein each card in the first row and each card in the additional rows are dealt from separate decks.
3. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first row is dealt from a first deck and each additional row is each dealt from an additional separate respective deck.
4. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein an award for a royal flush comprised of cards of a first suit is higher than an award for a royal flush comprised of cards of a suit different than the first suit.
5. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein an award for a hand comprised of all cards of an identical suit is higher than an award for a hand comprised of cards not all of an identical suit.
6. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein an award for a particular hand comprised of all cards of a particular suit pays a progressive jackpot.
7. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first final hand rank equals an additional final hand rank and the first award is different from a second award for the additional final hand rank.
8. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein if an award is a first value for a hand with all cards of a first suit and a second value for a hand with all cards of a second suit different from the first suit, the first value is not equal to the second value.
9. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first award is determined using a first paytable and an additional award in a different row is determined using a second paytable, the first paytable being different from the second paytable.
10. An electronic gaming device to implement a wagering game, the device comprising:
an output device;
a processing unit, configured to execute instructions on a processing unit to perform the following operations:
receiving a bet from a player;
dealing, using the output device, a first row of cards;
receiving, using an input device, an indication of hold cards and discard cards in the first row from the player;
transforming, using the output device, each of the hold card(s) into a second row of transformed cards by copying a face value of each hold card into the second row and transforming suits of each respective hold card copied in the second row using a first suit mapping;
transforming, using the output device, each of the hold card(s) into a third row of transformed cards by copying a face value of each hold card into the third row and transforming suits of each respective hold card copied in the third row using a second suit mapping, the second suit mapping different than the first suit mapping;
receiving, using the input device, an indication from the player to draw;
replacing, using the output device, the discard cards in the first row to form a first final hand;
dealing, using the output device, additional cards in the second row to form a second final hand, and dealing, using the output device, additional cards in the third row to form a third final hand;
determining, using the processing unit, a first final hand rank for the first final hand and a second final hand rank for the second final hand and a third final hand rank for the third final hand;
paying a first award, if earned, based on the first final hand rank, paying a second award, if earned, based on the second final hand rank, and paying a third award, if earned, based on the third final hand rank.
11. The device as recited in claim 10 , wherein each card in the first, second, and third rows are dealt from separate decks.
12. The device as recited in claim 10 , wherein cards in the first row are dealt from a first deck and cards in the second row are dealt from a second deck being different than the first deck, and cards in the third row are dealt from a third deck being different than the second deck.
13. The device as recited in claim 10 , wherein an award for a royal flush comprised of cards of a first suit is higher than an award for a royal flush comprised of cards of a suit different than the first suit.
14. The device as recited in claim 10 , wherein an award for a hand comprised of all cards of an identical suit is higher than an award for a hand comprised of cards not all of an identical suit.
15. The device as recited in claim 10 , wherein an award for a particular hand comprised of all cards of a particular suit pays a progressive jackpot.
16. The device as recited in claim 10 , wherein the first final hand rank equals the second final hand rank and the first award is different from the second award.
17. The device as recited in claim 10 , wherein if an award is a first value for a hand with all cards of a first suit and a second value for a hand with all cards of a second suit different from the first suit, the first value is not equal to the second value.
18. The device as recited in claim 10 , wherein the first award is determined using a first paytable and the second award is determined using a second paytable, the first paytable being different from the second paytable.