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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Cork Group Trading Ltd., Tortola, VG;
Inventor:
Theo Naicker, Durban, ZA;
Assignee:
Cork Group Trading Ltd., Tortola, VG;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 1/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3293 (2013.01); G07F 17/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A player of a card game, such as poker, is presented with opportunities to replace one or more of the cards in his or her hand. The first such replacement may be free, but the player may incur a cost for each subsequent replacement. This cost may be based on how much the player is expected to benefit from the replacement. Facilitating these subsequent replacements may allow the player to improve a poor hand, thus enhancing the player's excitement of playing the card game.