Patent ID: 7448947

Claim:
A method of conducting a wagering game, comprising: receiving a wager for a plurality of user-playable hands; providing a plurality of cards to form the plurality of user-playable hands; discarding, via player selection, at least one of the plurality of user-playable hands, creating a reduced plurality of user-playable hands, the reduced plurality of user-playable hands including at least two user-playable hands; providing a plurality of community cards; after providing the plurality of community cards, discarding, via player selection, at least a second one of the plurality of user-playable hands to create a further-reduced plurality of user-playable hands, wherein each of the further-reduced plurality of user-playable hands is capable of being combined with the plurality of community cards to form a plurality of individual best hands; and allocating the entire received wager to the further-reduced plurality of user-playable hands.