Patent ID: 7387300

Claim:
A player-banked casino game play method utilizing at least one deck of playing cards, the method comprising: each player placing at least one wager to participate in the casino game; dealing a first number of cards to a dealer as a banker hand, said first number of cards being greater than four cards to be used in determination of a four-card poker rank hand for the banker hand; dealing a second number of cards to each player, said second number of cards being less than the first number of cards and greater than the four cards to be used in determination of a four-card poker rank hand for each player; the player making a second wager to remain in the game or folding; the dealer utilizing fewer than all of the cards dealt to form a resulting single banker four-card hand; each player utilizing fewer than all of the cards dealt to form a resulting player's four-card hand for each player, wherein the number of cards utilized in the resulting player's hands and the resulting banker's hand are four cards; and resolving each player hand against the banker's hand according to predetermined game rules.