Patent attributes
Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems, apparatuses and methods for employing techniques used in providing a mid-game enhancement feature(s) in response to a presented subset of virtual cards. Here, a gaming device may involve a video poker game having a first poker hand and a second poker hand, where each of the first poker hand and the second poker hand have a predetermined number of card positions. During play of the gaming device, cards are dealt to each of the card positions in the first poker hand, where it is determined if a minimum win criterion is met after each subset combination of cards is dealt. If a minimum win criterion is determined to be satisfied, the currently dealt subset of cards is copied from the first poker hand to the second poker hand and an enhancement feature is triggered. Thereafter, additional cards are individually dealt to the remaining card positions in the first poker hand and the second poker hand.
