Patent ID: 7520509
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of conducting a wagering game comprising: providing a set of cards; accepting one or more wagers from one or more players, each of said players having an option to place wagers on hands comprising two, three, four and five cards, said wagers being accepted only prior to any cards being dealt; dealing up to three common cards; dealing each player two cards; forming player hands by combining zero, one, two and/or three of said common cards with said two player cards based on each player's one or more wagers, wherein the number of common cards combined with said two player cards is dictated by a largest number of cards on which a player wager has been placed; and resolving each player's one or more wagers based on a maximum number of matching card suits in the player's one or more hands formed using the two player cards in combination with zero, one, two and/or three of the common cards.