US 11,704,979 B2
Extra hands and extra duplications for multi-hand poker
Ernest W. Moody, Las Vegas, NV (US); Michael Fields, Las Vegas, NV (US); and Yoohwan Hwang, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/455,286.
Application 17/455,286 is a continuation of application No. 17/069,489, filed on Oct. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,195,384.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/011,553, filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/914,969, filed on Oct. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0076542 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3293 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3262 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gaming system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
for a play of a poker game:
cause a display, by a display device, of a plurality of initial cards for an initial hand of an initial plurality of hands,
for each of the plurality of initial cards of the initial hand, responsive to that initial card being held, cause a display, by the display device, of a duplicate of that initial card in each of the other hands of the initial plurality of hands,
for each non-held initial card in the initial hand, determine a replacement card for the non-held initial card, and cause a display, by the display device, of the replacement card in that hand,
complete each of the other of the initial plurality of hands, and
for each of the initial plurality of hands, cause a display, by the display device, of any determined award for that hand; and
responsive to an occurrence of an extra hand triggering event:
cause a display, by the display device, of a quantity of extra hands, wherein each extra hand comprises each of the initial cards held in the initial hand, the quantity being at least one,
complete each of the extra hands, and
for each of the extra hands, cause a display, by the display device, of any determined award for that hand.