Patent ID: 8177619

Claim:
A method of providing a play of a wagering game, said method comprising: causing a processor to execute a plurality of instructions to operate with an input device and a display device to provide said play of the wagering game, by: (a) receiving a wager from a player, and after receiving the wager from the player, (i) dealing the player three cards from a deck of cards for a player hand, and (ii) dealing two cards face up from the deck of cards for a dealer hand; (b) after the three cards are dealt and the two cards are dealt, providing the player each of the following options: (i) surrendering, (ii) staying, (iii) placing a double down bet, and (iv) placing a draw bet; (c) after the player performing one of said options, if the player surrenders, providing the player a portion of the wager received from the player; and (d) after the player performing of one of said options, if the player does not surrender: (i) if the player places the draw bet, without requiring the player to discard any of the cards of the player hand, dealing one card from the deck of cards to the player hand, (ii) dealing three cards face up from the deck of cards to the dealer hand, (iii) determining from all of the cards in the dealer hand a best three card hand using predetermined poker rankings, (iv) determining a best three card hand from all of the cards in the player hand using said predetermined poker rankings, wherein if the player places the draw bet, the determination of said best three card hand is made from all four of the cards of the player hand using said predetermined poker rankings, (v) comparing the dealer best three card hand to the player best three card hand, said comparison being made regardless of a rank of the dealer best three card hand, (vi) if the player best three card hand is a winner according to said predetermined poker rankings over the dealer best three card hand based on said comparison, and the player stayed, providing the player an award from a plurality of awards based on a predetermined paytable, (vii) if the player best three card hand is the winner according to said predetermined poker rankings over the dealer best three card hand based on the comparison, and the player placed the double down bet, providing the player one of the awards based on the predetermined paytable, and (viii) if the player best three card hand is the winner according to said predetermined poker rankings over the dealer best three card hand based on the comparison, and the player placed the draw bet, providing the player a draw bet award, said draw bet award independent of any rank of said player best three card hand in the predetermined paytable.