Patent ID: 7690655

Claim:
A method of playing a card game between a player and at least one opponent comprising: a) establishing a group of poker hand categories ranking from highest to lowest, providing a deck of playing cards; b) the player making a wager and at least one opponent making a wager; the amount of the wager made by the player being higher than the average of the opponent's wagers; c) displaying two holes cards face up to the player; d) displaying two holes cards face down to each opponent; e) the player either checking or making a raising wager, with each opponent also checking if the player checks and raising if the player raises; the amount of the wager made by the player being higher than the average of the opponent's wagers; f) displaying a first, second and third community card face up; g) the player either checking or making a raising wager, with each opponent also checking if the player checks and raising if the player raises; the amount of the wager made by the player being higher than the average of the opponent's wagers; h) displaying a fourth and fifth community card face up; i) the player either checking or making a raising wager, with each opponent also checking if the player checks and raising if the player raises; the amount of the wager made by the player being higher than the average of the opponent's wagers; j) displaying face up the hole cards of each opponent; k) collecting all wagers into a common pot and determining the poker hand ranking of the player's final five card hand using the player's two hole cards and the five community cards; l) determining the poker hand ranking of each of the opponent's final five card hand using each opponent's two hole cards and the five community cards; m) declaring as the winning hand the final five card hand that has the highest poker hand category ranking from among the player's final five card hand and each of the opponent's final five card hand; and n) awarding the common pot to the winning hand.