Patent ID: 7665736

Claim:
A method for conducting a game of chance for a player, comprising: providing a physical deck of cards; receiving a game wager from said player for participation in said game; conducting a first stage of said game of chance, said first stage comprising: dealing one or more player cards; and dealing one or more unexposed banker cards; after conducting said first stage, receiving from said player a game decision of placing an additional game wager or folding and forfeiting said game wager; after receiving said game decision, conducting an additional stage of said game comprising exposing at least one community card; after said additional stage, receiving from each player an additional game decision consisting essentially and only of placing a second additional game wager or checking; exposing at least one additional community card and exposing said banker cards; comparing a player hand formed from a subset of said player cards plus said community cards to a banker hand formed from a subset of said banker cards plus said community cards; and resolving said game by issuing a reward to said player based on said game wager, said additional game wager, and said second additional game wager if any if said player hand outranks said banker hand, and collecting said game wager, said additional game wager, and said second additional game wager, if any, from said player if said banker hand outranks said player hand.