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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2001
Elia Rocco Tarantino, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Colepat, LLC, North Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A multi-hand poker game is disclosed. In one embodiment, the game includes the steps of dealing a first hand of a predetermined plurality of cards, selecting cards from the first hand to be duplicated into a second hand, selecting cards to be held from the first hand, discarding cards from the first hand which are not held, replacing the discarded cards in the first hand to complete the first hand, adding cards to the second hand to complete the second hand of a predetermined plurality of cards, and determining if the first or second hands comprise a predetermined combination of winning cards. In one embodiment, none, one or more or all of the cards of the first hand may be duplicated in to the second hand, and none, one or more or all of the cards in the first hand may be held. The cards which are duplicated and the cards which are held may be different. In one embodiment, additional hands of cards may be played, with the player allowed to select none, one or more, or all of the cards from the first hand to be duplicated into those hands. In one embodiment, the game may be implemented on a computing device and a computer may select the cards to be duplicated and the cards to be held. In one embodiment, a player is required to place a wager for each hand played. In another embodiment, the player is permitted to play a plurality of hand based on a single wager.