Video Draw Poker Card Duplication Across Multiple Hands
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional video poker games do not allow players to efficiently play multiple hands simultaneously with the ability to duplicate held cards across all hands, limiting the strategic depth and potential winnings.
Innovation Solution
A gaming system and method for Five Card Video Draw poker that enables players to play multiple hands with the option to hold and duplicate cards across all hands, allowing for strategic card management and increased winning opportunities based on poker hand rankings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional video poker games play multiple hands simultaneously, then the number of hands increases, but the ability to duplicate held cards across all hands is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The held cards are made universal across all hands through the duplication mechanism. When a player holds a card in one hand, that same card is automatically duplicated and held in all other hands, making the card management system multi-functional and applicable across the entire hand set.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a copying mechanism where held cards are duplicated across all hands. This allows the same physical card to represent multiple instances in different hands, simplifying the card management process while enabling versatile play across multiple hands simultaneously.
2Adaptability or versatility
If players can hold and duplicate cards across multiple hands, then strategic depth increases, but the complexity of card management increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically handles the card duplication process across all hands without requiring manual intervention. When a player selects to hold a card, the system self-services by automatically duplicating that card in all other hands, thereby increasing strategic depth while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The card duplication is performed as a preliminary action automatically triggered by the hold selection. The system prepares and executes the duplication of held cards across all hands before the player makes their final decisions, streamlining the card management process while enabling complex strategy.
3Productivity
If multiple hands are played with card duplication, then winning opportunities increase, but the complexity of evaluating hand rankings increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hand evaluation process is segmented into independent evaluation of each hand while utilizing the shared held card information. Each hand is evaluated separately for its final ranking, but the held card duplication provides a unified basis that simplifies the overall evaluation process across all hands.
Solution Approach 2:
The held cards serve a universal function across all hands, providing a common foundation that simplifies the evaluation process. By having the same cards held across all hands, the system can efficiently determine hand rankings without requiring complex re-evaluation for each hand.
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AI summary
A gaming system, a gaming machine and a method is provided having a five card video draw poker game with multiple hands. An initial five card hand is displayed to the player face-up. The player then chooses which of the initial five cards to discard. Each card that is held is then duplicated into all of the other hands to be played. Replacement cards for the unheld cards are displayed and each hand is completed to have a final five card hand. The poker hand ranking of each final five card hand is determined and winning hands receive an award. The player also receives an additional award depending on the number of final hands that fall into each poker hand category.