| 摘要 |
A method of playing a game and an apparatus for playing that game, including a game of poker comprises: (a) dealing a number of playing cards to a player t o form an original hand (110). The player has made a wager on a game such as a poker game being played with that original hand or places a wager at any tim e before seeing one or more cards of the hand; (b) from a separate deck of playing cards, dealing one card that is a display card; (c) at any time duri ng play of the game, showing the value of the display card (115), the display card establishing a fact that cards of equal rank or value to the display ca rd are Wild Cards for the purpose of establishing a rank or value (e.g., total point count) for the player's hand; and (d) paying the player (119) for attaining a hand of at least a predetermined rank with or without the presen ce of Wild Cards or for displaying a hand that wins against a dealer's hand in the play of an underlying game. The game may be played as a live table game, a video game, or other computer format game (e.g., over the Internet). Where t he game is a draw poker game, steps such as allowing the player to discard card s from the original hand, and dealing player replacement cards to bring the player's hand up to the number of cards used to play the game of poker may b e used.
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