Patent ID: 7631874

Claim:
A method of playing a side game in combination with Pai Gow Poker comprising the steps of: (a) using a table or at least one apparatus, dealing at least a player hand of seven playing cards to a player and a dealer, and the player and dealer respectively arranging the cards into a low hand including two of the seven cards and a high hand including five of the seven cards, a winner being determined by comparing the player low hand to the dealer low hand and the player high hand to the dealer high hand; (b) receiving a side game wager from the player on the table or via the at least one apparatus; (c) dealing the player hand on the table or via the at least one apparatus; and (d) resolving the side game wager based on the playing cards in the player hand according to non-poker combinations, which exclude poker combinations including one pair, two pair, three-of-a-kind, straight, flush, full house, four-of-a-kind, straight flush, royal flush, and five-of-a-kind.