Abstract: Gaming methods, apparatuses, media and signals are disclosed. One such method involves automatically determining, in response to a performance indicator indicative of performance of a player in one hand of a game, an ante amount for the player for a subsequent hand of the game. Another such method involves receiving game status signals from a game server and communicating game decision signals to the game server, to enable a player to play one hand of a game and to enable the player to play a subsequent hand of the game for which an ante amount for the player is automatically determined in response to performance of the player in the one hand of the game.