1. A method of playing a card game comprising:
a) a player making a wager;
b) providing a deck of playing cards comprising at least a standard fifty-two card deck;
c) from the deck of playing cards, displaying an initial first hand of at least five cards all face up;
d) on a random basis, displaying an initial second hand having the same cards face up as the initial first hand;
e) selecting none, one or more of the face up cards from the initial first hand as cards to be held, discarding the unselected cards and displaying replacement cards for the discarded cards resulting in a final first hand;
f) if the initial second hand has been displayed, selecting none, one or more of the face up cards from the second hand as cards to be held, discarding the unselected cards and displaying face up replacement cards for the discarded cards resulting in a final second hand;
g) determining the poker hand ranking of the final first hand and the poker hand ranking of the final second hand;
h) paying the player a pre-established amount based on the amount of the wager if the final first hand comprises a winning poker hand ranking; and
i) paying the player a pre-established amount based on the amount of the wager if the final second hand comprises a winning poker hand ranking.
2. The method of claim 1 in which different cards are held in the initial first hand and the initial second hand.
3. The method of claim 1 in which the same cards are held in both the initial first hand and the initial second hand.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
In view of the foregoing, what is claimed is:
1. An integrating optical system for measuring optical radiation, comprising: a first sphere forming a primary integrating cavity and a second sphere forming a secondary integrating cavity, an optical fiber interfacing to an input aperture of the first sphere so that light from the fiber enters the first sphere, a detector interfacing with the second sphere such that light from the first sphere couples to the detector by scattering within the first and second spheres and without a direct line of sight between the detector and the input aperture, the secondary integrating cavity having a smaller volume than the primary integrating cavity.
2. The system of claim 1, the first sphere forming an input cone with the input aperture to accommodate diverging radiation from the optical fiber.
3. The system of claim 1, the input aperture being off-center from an axial center of the first sphere.
4. The system of claim 1, the detector interfacing with an output of the second sphere.
5. The system of claim 4, the output being off-center from an axial center of the second sphere.
6. The system of claim 1, further comprising an optical filter to filter radiation to the detector, for wavelength detection.
7. The system of claim 1, the detector comprising one of Si and InGaAs.
8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second detector coupled with the second sphere.
9. The system of claim 8, the second detector being arranged about 90 degrees from the other detector, wherein averaging of signals from the detector provides improved polarization response.