Initial Draw Poker Card Selection from Curated Pools for Higher Expected Value

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing gaming systems do not provide enhanced selective card determinations for initial draw poker hands, limiting player engagement and potential winnings.

Innovation Solution

A gaming system that includes a processor and memory device to display a potential card set with more cards than needed for the initial hand, allowing selection and replacement of cards to form a final hand, enhancing the expected value of the game.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a standard deck of cards is used for draw poker, then the game follows traditional rules, but player engagement and expected value are limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegame variation capabilityVSAvoidcard selection mechanism

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-selects a subset of cards from the deck before the player receives their initial hand. This preliminary action creates a curated pool of cards that increases the probability of receiving favorable hands, thereby enhancing player engagement and expected value without requiring complex real-time modifications during gameplay

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If more cards are displayed for selection than needed for the initial hand, then better card selection is enabled, but the interface complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecard selection accuracyVSAvoiddisplay interface

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The card selection process is segmented into distinct phases: first displaying a potential card set with more cards than needed, then allowing player selection of the initial hand, and finally handling replacements. This segmentation allows the interface to present complex information in manageable stages, reducing perceived complexity while enabling precise card selection

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If replacement cards are drawn from the full deck, then traditional poker rules are maintained, but the enhanced card selection benefit is lost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegame rule consistencyVSAvoidexpected value enhancement

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary selection of replacement cards from the remaining deck before the player commits to their final hand. This preliminary action ensures that replacement cards are drawn from an appropriately filtered set, maintaining game rule consistency while preserving the enhanced expected value benefit throughout the complete game play sequence

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12397225B2Enhanced selective card determinations for initial draw poker hand

Publication Date: 2025.08.26 INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY INC

AI summary

The gaming systems and methods of operating such gaming systems that provide one or more plays of a draw poker game (such as a primary wagering single hand five card draw video poker game, or a multi-hand five card draw video poker game) that include enhanced selective card determinations for the initial draw poker hand of the draw poker game.