ELECTRONIC POKER GAMEPLAY APPARATUS AND GAMING TOKEN SET USABLE WITH THE GAMEPLAY APPARATUS

摘要

An apparatus with sensors and displays to be used with specifically weightedgamingtokens in order to provide useful information during a game of poker. Allgaming tokensformed in a poker pot are contained in a gaming token receiving receptacle.The gaming tokensare weighed and the total monetary value of tokens within the receptacle isdetermined based onthe total weight of the gaming tokens within the receptacle. The weights ofthe gaming tokensin the set are manufactured such that the weight of any gaming token and theassigned monetaryvalue of that gaming token is identical among all gaming tokens of the gamingtoken set. Theapparatus displays both the total monetary value of gaming tokens in thereceptacle and the totalvalue of gaming tokens that were previously added to the receptacle. Theapparatus alsodisplays the time remaining until the value of the blinds needs to beincreased. The timerautomatically resets at the start of the following round after the timereaches zero.