摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to a method of operating an electronic video poker machine having a video display device to facilitate play of at least a first poker hand and a second poker hand, the method comprising:
a) detecting a mandatory wager made by a player for each of the first and second poker hands,b) displaying on the video display device the first poker hand having at least five face-up playing card images;c) detecting the selection by a player of none, one or more of the face-up playing card images of the first poker hand as playing cards to be held;d) if one or more of the face-up playing card images of the first poker hand were selected to be held, displaying a duplicate of each of the one or more face-up playing card images selected to be held from the first poker hand into at least the second poker hand;e) if one or more of the face-up playing card images of the first poker hand were not selected to be held, terminating the display of the one or more face-up playing card images in the first poker hand that were not selected to be held and replacing the display of each such playing card image with display of a replacement face-up playing card image to display a first completed poker hand having at least five face-up playing card images;f) if one or more of the face-up playing card images of the first poker hand were not selected to be held, displaying one or more face-up playing card images in the second poker hand in addition to the duplicate playing card images that were displayed in the second poker hand via step d) to form a completed second poker hand having at least five face-up playing card images; andg) determining an amount to be awarded to a player based on the first completed poker hand and the second completed poker hand.</p> |