Poker event with card removal from dealer position
A method and system execute a competitive event based on poker comprising: providing random playing cards to a specific area defined as a placement area for dealer hand playing cards and providing random playing cards to a second specific area defined as a placement area for player hand playing cards; providing exactly 2, 3 or 4 random playing cards from the set to the placement area for player hand playing cards and dealing 2+3, 3+3 or 4+3 playing cards, respectively, to the dealer hand position; moving one of the random playing cards in the dealer hand position to the player hand position to form a final player hand and a final dealer hand position; and comparing the respective poker ranks of the final player hand and the final dealer hand to determine a winning, losing or tying outcome between the final player hand and the final dealer hand.
1. A gaming system, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory operatively connected to said at least one processor, the at least one memory composes instructions executable by the at least one processor to:
display a placement area on a display device;
associate a credit with a first section of said placement area;
decrease said credit by an amount physically selected by a user, said physical selection occurring via the user's interaction with a graphical user interface on the display device physically via a touch sensor associated with said display device or via one or more buttons operatively connected to said at least one processor;
randomly select at least two cards from a deck of cards and display them in said first section of said placement area;
randomly select at least five cards from said deck of cards and display them in a second section of said placement area, wherein said at least five cards are separate from said at least two cards;
selectively move at least one of the cards in said second section to said first section, wherein said selective move is based on the user's interaction with said graphical user interface physically via said buttons or via said touch sensor;
determine an outcome between the cards in said first section versus the cards in said second section based on a predetermined criteria of a poker-based ranking having at least three cards; and
increase said credit if said outcome between the cards favors the cards in said first section.
2. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein:
each card in said deck of cards has a front face; and
the at least one memory further comprises instructions executable by the at least one processor to:
display at least two of said at least five cards with the front face facing up, and
display all of said at least two cards with the front face facing up.
3. The gaming system of claim 2 , wherein said deck of cards comprises fifty-two cards.
4. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory further comprises instructions executable by the at least one processor to:
receive a first currency; and
convert said first currency to said credit associated with said first section of the placement area.
5. The gaming system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one memory further comprises instructions executable by the at least one processor to convert said credit to a second currency.
6. The gaming system of claim 5 , wherein said first currency and said second currency are the same.
7. The gaming system of claim 5 , wherein at least one of said first currency and said second currency is a government-issued currency.
8. The gaming system of claim 7 , wherein said government-issued currency is U.S. Dollars.
9. The gaming system of claim 5 , wherein at least one of said first currency and said second currency is a crypto currency or a digital currency.
10. A method of gaming for a gaming system, the gaming system comprising:
a handheld device with at least one processor,
a computer server with at least one processor, wherein said computer server is in data communication with said handheld device, wherein:
at least one memory is operatively connected to said at least one processor in said handheld device; and
at least one memory is operatively connected to said at least one processor in said computer server, and
the method comprising the steps of:
displaying a placement area on a display device associated with said handheld device, said placement area having a first section and a second section;
associating a credit with a first section of said placement area on said display device;
decreasing said credit by an amount physically selected by a user, said physical selection occurring via the user's interaction with a graphical user interface on the display device physically via a touch sensor associated with said display device or via one or more buttons operatively connected to said at least one processor in said handheld device;
randomly selecting at least two cards from a deck of cards and displaying them in said First section of said placement area;
randomly selecting at least five cards from said deck of cards and displaying them in a second section of said placement area, wherein said at least five cards are separate from said at least two cards;
selectively moving at least one of cards in said second section to said first section, wherein said selective move is based on the user's interaction with said graphical user interface physically via said buttons or via said touch sensor;
determining an outcome between the cards in said first section versus the cards in said second section based on a predetermined criteria of a poker-based ranking having at least three cards; and
increasing said credit if said outcome between the cards favors the cards in said first section.
11. The method of gaming of claim 10 , wherein each card in said deck of cards has a front face,
the method further comprising:
displaying at least two of said at least five cards with the front face facing up, and
displaying all of said at least two cards with the front face facing up.
12. The method of gaming of claim 11 , wherein said deck of cards comprises fifty-two cards.
13. The method of gaming of claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving a first currency; and
converting said first currency to said credit associated with said first section of the placement area.
14. The method of gaming of claim 13 , further comprising converting said credit to a second currency.
15. The method of gaming of claim 14 , wherein said first currency and said second currency are the same.
16. The method of gaming of claim 14 , wherein at least one of said first currency and said second currency is a government-issued currency.
17. The method of gaming of claim 16 , wherein said government-issued currency is U.S. Dollars.
18. The method of gaming of claim 14 , wherein at least one of said first currency and said second currency is a crypto currency or a digital currency.
19. The method of gaming of claim 10 , wherein the data communication between said computer server and said handheld device is at least partially wireless.
20. A gaming machine, comprising:
a screen;
an electronic controller coupled to said screen, the electronic controller being configured to display a placement area on said screen;
said placement area comprises a first section and a second section; and
a value transfer mechanism for receiving value from a player, the value transfer mechanism comprising at least one of a coin acceptor, a bill validator, and a ticket reader, wherein said electronic controller is configured to:
communicate with said value transfer mechanism and associate value received by said value transfer mechanism as a credit for said first section;
decrease said credit by an amount physically selected by a user, said physical selection by said user occurring via one or more player-input switches or via a touch sensor operatively associated with said screen;
randomly select at least two cards from a deck of cards and display them in said first section;
randomly select at least five cards from said deck of cards and display them in said second section, wherein said at least five cards are separate from said at least two cards;
accept input from said user to selectively move at least one of the cards in said second section to said first section, wherein said input is based on physical interaction by said user with said one or more player-input switches or with said touch sensor;
determine an outcome between the cards in said first section versus the cards in said second section based on a predetermined criteria of a poker-based ranking having at least three cards; and
increase said credit if said outcome between the cards favors the cards in said first section.
21. The gaming machine of claim 20 , wherein each card has a face side, and said electronic controller is configured to:
display at least two of said at least five cards with their face side facing up; and
display all of said at least two cards with their face side facing up.
22. The gaming machine of claim 21 , wherein said deck of cards comprises fifty-two cards.
23. The gaming machine of claim 20 , further comprising a computer server, wherein said gaming machine and said computer server are in data communication with each other.
24. The gaming machine of claim 23 , wherein at least part of said data communication is wireless.