Patent ID: 7159869

Claim:
A high-low wagering game method comprising the steps of: providing a five card high-low wagering game comprising dealing means, at least one player, at least one deck of playing cards containing a plurality of playing cards, and at least one region comprising at least one evens portion and at least one odds portion for said at least one player; placing at least a first bet in said evens portion and at least a second bet in said odds portion by said at least one player; distributing by said dealing means at least one three playing card hand from said at least one deck to said at least one player; selecting by said at least one player a pair of playing cards of said at least one three playing card hand and then assigning said selected pair of playing cards to only one of said evens portion and said odds portion thereby completely providing said pair of playing cards to only one of said evens portion and said odds portion; assigning by said at least one player a remaining third playing card of said at least one three playing card hand to the other remaining one of said evens portion and said odds portion that does not have said pair of playing cards of said at least one three playing card hand; distributing to said at least one player a fourth card from said deck for pairing said fourth card with said remaining third card thereby providing both a first pair of playing cards for said evens portion and a second pair of playing cards for said odds portion; distributing and assigning a fifth card from said at least one deck to said dealing means; comparing a face value of said fifth card to a face value of both of said first paired playing cards of said evens portion of said at least one player; separately comparing said face value of said fifth card to a face value of both of said second paired playing cards of said odds portion of said at least one player; and settling said first bet of said evens portion of said at least one player and separately settling said second bet of said odds portion of said at least one player according to at least one high-low wagering game rule depending upon the face value of said fifth playing card as compared to the face value of each one of both of said first and second pair of playing cards.