Method And System For Providing Adaptable Options For Electronic Gaming

Abstract

A method and gaming station that provides a toolbar having short-cut tabs that responsively adapt to a wagering state in an electronic or online poker game is provided. The short-cut tabs allow a player to wager in terms of factors such as a pot-size or a minimum wager. The short-cut tabs, and the wagers displayed therein, adapt to a particular context of the game, allowing a player to wager more efficiently during the course of a poker game. In addition, the short-cut tabs may be user-configurable, giving a player desired tabs at specific points of time within a poker game.

1 . A graphical interface for an electronic poker game, comprising:
 a toolbar for selecting a wager; and   a plurality of short-cut tabs positioned on the toolbar, wherein each of the short-cut tabs represents a wager value, and wherein the short-cut tabs responsively adapt to a wagering state of the game.   
   
   
       2 . The interface as in  claim 1 , wherein the short-cut tabs responsively adapt to a pot value. 
   
   
       3 . The interface as in  claim 1 , wherein the short-cut tabs comprise a wager value representative of at least one of a percentage of a pot value and a fraction of the pot value. 
   
   
       4 . The interface as in  claim 1 , wherein the short-cut tabs responsively adapt to a multiple of a minimum wager value. 
   
   
       5 . The interface as in  claim 1 , wherein the wagering state comprises a pre-flop state and a post-flop state. 
   
   
       6 . The interface as in  claim 5 , wherein in the pre-flop state, the short-cut tabs comprise a short-cut tab representative of a minimum wager value and a short-cut tab representative of a multiple of the minimum wager value. 
   
   
       7 . The interface as in  claim 6 , wherein the short-cut tab representative of the multiple of the minimum wager value comprises an integer multiple of the minimum wager value. 
   
   
       8 . The interfaced as in  claim 7 , wherein in the post-flop state, the short-cut tabs comprise a short-cut tab representative of a fraction of a pot value. 
   
   
       9 . The interface as in  claim 1 , wherein the short-cut tabs are user-configured. 
   
   
       10 . A method for graphically presenting selectable wager amounts associated with a poker game that provides a toolbar to a user for selecting wagers, the method comprising:
 identifying a wagering state associated with the game;   generating the short-cut tabs based on the identified wagering state; and   displaying the plurality of short-cut tabs on the toolbar.   
   
   
       11 . The method as in  claim 10 , wherein the short-cut tabs are user-configured. 
   
   
       12 . The method as in  claim 10 , wherein the identified wagering state is selected from the group consisting of a pre-flop state and a post flop state. 
   
   
       13 . The method as in  claim 10 , further comprising:
 generating a first short-cut tab associated with a minimum wager value; and   generating a second short-cut tab associated with a multiple of the minimum wager value.   
   
   
       14 . The method as in  claim 13 , wherein the second short-cut tab comprises an integer multiple of the minimum wager value. 
   
   
       15 . The method as in  claim 10 , further comprising generating a first short-cut tab associated with a fraction of a pot value. 
   
   
       16 . A gaming station comprising:
 a monitor that presents to a user a display of game-play corresponding to a poker game, wherein the display further includes a graphical toolbar for selecting a wager, and wherein the toolbar comprises a plurality of short-cut tabs each of which represent a wager value;   a processor; and   a memory comprising processing instructions executable by the processor to responsively adapt the short-cut tabs to a wagering state of the game.   
   
   
       17 . The station as in  claim 16 , wherein the short-cut tabs are user-configured. 
   
   
       18 . The station as in  claim 16 , wherein the wagering state comprises at least one of a pre-flop state and a post-flop state. 
   
   
       19 . The station as in  claim 18 , wherein the short-cut tabs in the pre-flop state include a minimum wager value and a multiple of the minimum wager value, and wherein the short-cut tabs in the post-flop state include at least one of a percentage of a pot value and a fraction of the pot value. 
   
   
       20 . The station as in  claim 16 , wherein gaming server is coupled to a server via a communication network.