Claims
- 1. A method of playing a card game, comprising:designating at least one playing card to be a substitute card; defining a substitution pattern for said substitute card; dealing a first player hand of cards; playing the first player hand to completion; determining a poker rank of the completed first player hand; dealing at least one additional player hand of cards; for each substitute card in the additional player hands, replacing a card in another player hand with a replica of the substitute card according to the predefined substitution pattern only if the replacement results in an improved poker rank for the player hand receiving the substitute card; and rewarding the player hands according to the poker rank of each player hand after replacement, if any.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the cards of each player hand are arranged in an array with each card assigned a card position, said substitution pattern comprising said substitute card replacing a card in another player hand in a corresponding card position only.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the cards of each player hand are arranged in an array with each card assigned a card position and said player hands are dealt serially with each player hand adjacent at least one other player hand, said substitution pattern comprising said substitute card replacing a card in an adjacent player hand in a corresponding card position only.
- 4. A method of playing a card game, comprising:designating at least one playing card to be a substitute card; defining a substitution pattern for said substitute card; dealing a first player hand of cards; playing the first player hand to completion; determining a poker rank of the completed first player hand; dealing at least a second player hand of cards and a third player hand of cards; for each substitute card of the third player hand, replacing a card in the first or second player hand with a replica of the substitute card according to the predefined substitution pattern only if the replacement results in an improved poker rank for the player hand receiving the substitute card; for each card of the second player hand, replacing a card in the first or third player hand with a replica of the substitute card for a card according to the predefined substitution pattern only if the replacement results in an improved poker rank for the player hand receiving the substitute card; and rewarding the player hands according to the poker rank of each player hand after replacement, if any.
- 5. The method of claim 4 wherein the cards of each player hand are arranged in an array with each card assigned a card position, said substitution pattern comprising said substitute card replacing a card in another player hand in a corresponding card position only.
- 6. The method of claim 4 wherein the cards of each player hand are arranged in an array with each card assigned a card position and said player hands are dealt serially with each player hand adjacent at least one other player hand, said substitution pattern comprising said substitute card replacing a card in an adjacent player hand in a corresponding card position only.
- 7. A method of playing a card game, comprising:designating at least one playing card to be a substitute card; defining a substitution pattern for said substitute card; dealing a first player hand of cards; playing the first player hand to completion; determining a poker rank of the completed first player hand; dealing a second player hand of cards; for each card of the second player hand, replacing a card in the first player hand with a replica of the substitute card according to the predefined substitution pattern only if the replacement results in an improved poker rank for the first player hand; and rewarding the first and second hands according to the poker rank of the first and second player hand after replacement, if any.
- 8. The method of claim 7 wherein the cards of each player hand are arranged in an array with each card assigned a card position, said substitution pattern comprising said substitute card replacing a card in another player hand in a corresponding card position only.
- 9. The method of claim 7 wherein the cards of each player hand are arranged in an array with each card assigned a card position and said player hands are dealt serially with each player hand adjacent at least one other player hand, said substitution pattern comprising said substitute card replacing a card in an adjacent player hand in a corresponding card position only.
- 10. A method of playing a card game, comprising:designating at least one playing card to be a substitute card; defining a substitution pattern for said substitute card; dealing a first player hand of cards; selecting zero or more cards to hold; discarding cards not held; completing the first player hand by dealing additional cards to replace the discarded cards; determining a poker rank of the completed first player hand; dealing at least one additional player hand of cards; examining each additional player hand in serial fashion and for each substitute card in the additional player hands including any substitute card replicas received from another player hand, replacing a card in another player hand with a replica of the substitute card according to the predefined substitution pattern only if the replacement results in an improved poker rank for the player hand receiving the substitute card; and rewarding each player hand individually according to the poker rank of each player hand after replacement, if any.
- 11. The method of claim 10 wherein the cards of each player hand are arranged in an array with each card assigned a card position, said substitution pattern comprising said substitute card replacing a card in another player hand in a corresponding card position only.
- 12. The method of claim 10 wherein the cards of each player hand are arranged in an array with each card assigned a card position and said player hands are dealt serially with each player hand adjacent at least one other player hand, said substitution pattern comprising said substitute card replacing a card in an adjacent player hand in a corresponding card position only.
- 13. A method of playing a card game, comprising:designating at least one playing card to be a substitute card; defining a substitution pattern for said substitute card; dealing a first player hand of cards; selecting zero or more cards to hold; discarding cards not held; completing the first player hand by dealing additional cards to replace the discarded cards; determining a poker rank of the completed first player hand; dealing at least a second player hand of cards and a third player hand of cards; for each substitute card of the third player hand, replacing a card in the second player hand with a replica of the substitute card for a card in the second player hand according to the predefined substitution pattern only if the replacement results in an improved poker rank for the second player hand; for each substitute card of the second player hand, including any substitute card replicas received from the third player hand, replacing a card in the first player hand with a replica of the substitute card according to the predefined substitution pattern only if the replacement results in an improved poker rank for the first player hand; and rewarding each player hand individually according to the poker rank of each player hand after replacement, if any.
- 14. The method of claim 13 wherein the cards of each player hand are arranged in an array with each card assigned a card position, said substitution pattern comprising said substitute card replacing a card in another player hand in a corresponding card position only.
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
This application claims the priority of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/282,688 entitled “Electronic Video Poker Games” filed Apr. 9, 2001 by Applicants herein.
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Provisional Applications (1)
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60/282688 |
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