Gaming system and method providing a multiplayer card game with multiple fold options and interrelated bonuses

摘要

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a multiplayer card game with multiple fold options and interrelated bonuses. In one embodiment, the gaming system enables a player to input either a first fold input or a second different fold input should the player desire to fold the player's hand during a play of the card game. If the gaming system receives the first fold input from the player, the gaming system: (a) folds the player's hand, (b) automatically removes the player from the virtual table, and (c) automatically assigns the player to a second different virtual table for at least one subsequent play of the card game. If, on the other hand, the gaming system receives the second fold input from the player, the gaming system folds the player's hand and does not remove the player from the virtual table.

主权项

1. A gaming system comprising:
a central controller communicatively connectable to multiple gaming machines and configured to:
(a) for each of a plurality of the multiple gaming machines, each of the plurality of the multiple gaming machines playable by a different one of a plurality of different players, assign the player of the gaming machine to a first one of a plurality of different virtual tables;(b) for a first play of a card game for the players at the first virtual table:
(i) for each player at the first virtual table, randomly determine and cause the gaming machine of that player to display a hand of one or more cards;(ii) for each player at the first virtual table, before termination of the first play of the card game, cause the gaming machine of that player to enable input of a designated input;(iii) for each received designated input, fold the hand of player who input that designated input, remove that player from the first virtual table before termination of the first play of the card game, and assign that player to a second different virtual table for at least one subsequent play of the card game;(iv) determine an outcome for the first play of the card game;(v) cause the gaming machine of each remaining player at the first virtual table to display the determined outcome; and(vi) provide any awards associated with the determined outcome, wherein a credit balance of at least one player remaining at the first virtual table is increasable based on any awards associated with the determined outcome, the credit balance also being increasable via a deposit of funds having a monetary value equal to a monetary value of one or more physical items of currency, the credit balance being decreasable via a cashout button; and(c) provide a second play of the card game at the first virtual table for at least each player remaining at the first virtual table following the first play of the card game.