Patent ID: 7029011
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a card game played with a deck of cards by two to seven original players, comprising the steps of: (a) each said player posts a first wager and a second wager, wherein at least a first portion of said first wager is allocated to a first jackpot and wherein said second wager is allocated as a bet in a bonus game; (b) then each said player is dealt one or more hole card(s) from said deck and subsequently each player elects one of the following two steps: (c) then each said remaining flop player is dealt a first set of one to three community card(s) from said deck and subsequently each remaining flop player elects one of the following two steps: (d) then each said remaining turn player is dealt a second set of one to three community card(s) from said deck and subsequently each remaining turn player elects one of the following two steps: (e) then each said remaining river player is dealt a third set of one or more community card(s) from said deck; and (f) then each remaining river player selects five cards from said remaining river player's hole card(s) and said first, second and third sets of community cards, said five cards including at least one of that remaining river player's said hole card(s), to establish that remaining river player's declared hand; wherein after all remaining river players have selected said declared hands, the following awards are distributed: