摘要 |
A multitier video poker game that is played by a single player which displays a first tier compulsory base poker hand and optional tiered bonus poker hands. The base poker hand is a traditionally played five card draw video poker hand, where the player makes a wager prior to the hand being dealt to him, and his final hand is evaluated against a prior stipulated pay schedule. After playing this hand the player is provided with an option to wager on additional tiers of bonus poker hands which are dealt face up from independent standard decks. The game dynamically calculates or searches in a pre-calculated and statically stored lookup table the probability of all possible hands in respect to the bonus poker hands and assigns awards to the set of predefined winning hand categories so that all possible hold strategies are available and converge to a desired hold percentage. The payout schedule and the optimal payback percentage are displayed to the player to facilitate his decision whether to wager or not on a bonus poker hand. Every subsequent bonus poker hand offers better odds to the player than the previously played hand.
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