Patent ID: 7628689

Claim:
A method of conducting a wagering game based upon three-card poker rank utilizing one or more decks of standard playing cards comprising the steps of: providing a physical deck of playing cards; receiving an ante wager from a player; receiving a blind wager from the player; dealing a first number cards to each player to form at least one player hand; dealing a second number of cards to a dealer to form a dealer's hand; receiving a play wager from the player, the play wager being a multiple of the ante wager, the multiple being at least 1 and being selectable by the player; comparing the three-card poker rank of the player's hand with the three-card poker rank of dealer's hand to resolve the ante and play wagers, wherein the player wins the ante and play wagers if the poker rank of the player's hand outranks the poker rank of the dealer's hand; and comparing the player's hand with a predetermined winning criteria to resolve the blind wager, wherein the player wins the blind wager if the player's hand satisfies the predetermined winning criteria and the three-card poker rank of the player's hand outranks the three-card poker rank of the dealer's hand, the blind wager pushes if the poker rank of the player's hand outranks the three card poker rank of the dealer's hand but the player's hand does not satisfy the predetermined winning criteria, and the blind wager loses if the player's hand has a lower poker rank than the dealer's hand and the player hand does not satisfy the predetermined winning criteria.