Patent ID: 7360766

Claim:
A method of playing a modified poker game comprising the following steps: providing a table having a playing station for a dealer and playing stations for a plurality of players, each player station comprising a card playing area having first and second betting zones and a third zone; each player placing an ante wager in said first betting zone and a second wager in said second betting zone, the players' second wagers comprising a Players Pot that is distributed only to the players; the dealer paying a pre-set fee to the Players Pot on each deal for the privilege of using a sixth card; the dealer dealing an initial, five-card hand, face down, to himself and to each player; the dealer placing at least one sixth card on the table; providing an opportunity for each player to utilize a sixth card, with each player that utilizes the sixth card paying a predetermined percentage of his ante wager to the third zone to utilize a sixth card; turning all cards to a face up position: (a) the dealer collecting the ante wagers in said first betting zone from each player whose poker hand is lower in value than the dealer's hand and the dealer collecting the payments made to the third zone; (b) the dealer: i) returning the ante wager, and ii) paying an amount equal to the ante wager in said first betting zone to each player who has a higher poker hand than the dealer's hand; and (c) the dealer paying said Players Pot to the player having the highest poker hand on each deal.