Patent ID: 7510191

Claim:
A method of playing a card game comprising the steps of: (a) requiring each player to place an ante wager to participate in a wagering game against the house/bank; (b) providing a physical deck of playing cards and dealing no less than four cards to each player, some face up and some face down; (c) based on step â€œbâ€ affording each player the option to place a call wager to continue to participate in the wagering game against the house/bank; (d) after step â€œcâ€ dealing only a single additional card to each player who places a call wager; (e) based on the cards dealt in steps â€œbâ€ and â€œdâ€, affording each remaining player the option to place a river wager to continue to participate in the wagering game against the house/bank; (f) after step (e) dealing only one communal card which all players can use, wherein the total number of cards each player can use consisting of six cards; (g) after steps â€œeâ€ and â€œfâ€ determining a set of winning players based on each player's best five card hand based on the six cards dealt in steps â€œbâ€, â€œdâ€, and â€œfâ€ when compared to a house pay-off table; (h) after step â€œgâ€ paying each winning player on an ante wager pay scale for the ante wager; (i) after step â€œgâ€ paying each winning player the odds displayed by the call wager house pay table for the call bet depending upon the winning player's poker rank; and (j) after step â€œgâ€ paying each winning player the odds displayed by the river wager pay table for the river bet depending upon the winning player's poker rank.