Patent ID: 6976917

Claim:
An electronically implemented method of playing a poker style wagering game including: a. accepting a player wager; b. pre-assigning each row or column of an m×n matrix with a unique playing card value, wherein the card values are selected from the group consisting of Twos, Threes, Fours, Fives, Sixes, Sevens, Eights, Nines, Tens, Jacks, Queens, Kings and Aces; c. dealing and displaying cards from a plurality of playing cards to fill the m×n matrix; d. comparing the playing cards in each of the m rows, and the n columns, with predefined winning combinations, wherein a first set of pre-established winning combinations is based on poker hand ranks and a second set of pre-established winning combinations is based on matches between cards and the pre-assigned unique playing card rank; and e. paying said player according to a pre-established pay table.