Patent ID: 8020872

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming machine for playing a playing card wagering game comprising the steps of a. providing a gaming machine; b. providing a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions and executed by a processor to perform the steps of: c. providing via a display device a player with two initial playing cards; d. providing via a display device a dealer with two initial playing cards; e. allowing the player to play a first poker game; f. allowing the player to play a blackjack game using at least the two initial playing cards; and g. after the blackjack game is played, allowing the player to play a second poker game, the second poker game comprising the steps of selecting only two playing cards from the player's playing cards in the blackjack game to form a player's second poker hand and selecting only two playing cards from all the dealer's playing cards in the blackjack game to form a dealer's second poker hand, wherein the player wins the second poker game when the player's second poker hand has a higher predetermined value than the dealer's second poker hand.