| 摘要 |
A method of simulating a heads up gaming tournament utilizing at least one game server and a plurality of personal communication devices includes receiving value from a plurality of participants using the personal communication devices, providing the participants with wagering units, pairing unpaired first and second ones of the participants to play a heads up game, initiating the game by generating a game state, for example, dealing the private cards of a hold'em poker game, and transmitting the game state to the participants for display on the personal communications devices, whereupon the first participant transmits an action to the game server in response to the game state, receiving the action and updating the game state, receiving a second input in response to the first participant's action from the second participant, continuing play until the outcome of the heads up game is determined, updating the number of wagering units held by the first and second participants, repairing the participants for the next game or in the case of poker, the next deal or hand and continuing until all but one of the participants has been eliminated. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method of simulating a heads up gaming tournament utilizing at least one game server and a plurality of personal communication devices, the method comprising:
a) receiving value from a plurality of participants each having a personal communication device, whereby each participant is provided with a plurality of wagering units enabling the participant to participate in the tournament by playing one or more games with one of the personal communication devices; b) pairing, with the game server, a first unpaired one of the participants with a second unpaired one of the participants to play a heads up game having a random component and skill based component; c) initiating, with the game server, the heads up game with a game state and transmitting the game state to the personal communications devices of the first and second participants for display; d) receiving, with the game server, a first input from the first participant in response to the game state, the input requiring a response from the second participant; e) receiving, with the game server, a second input from the second participant in response to the first input, the second input, the second input being one of at least two different available potentially winning actions; f) determining, with the game server, an outcome of the heads up game; g) updating, with the game server, the number of wagering units held by the first and second participant based upon the outcome determined in step f); h) repeating steps b)-g). |
