Patent ID: 6877747

Claim:
A method of playing a card game comprising: a) a player makes a first wager to play a draw poker game before any hands are displayed; b) the player makes a second wager to play a stud poker game before any hands are displayed, the second wager being allocated over one or more stud poker hands as determined by the player; c) displaying the one or more stud poker hands to the player; d) determining a poker hand ranking of each stud poker hand and awarding the player an amount for each winning stud poker hand based on the poker hand ranking and the amount of the second wager according to a stud poker pay table; e) displaying an initial draw poker hand to the player; f) the player playing out the draw poker hand in accordance with a conventional manner of play of draw poker; and g) determining a poker hand ranking of a final draw poker hand and awarding the player an amount for a winning draw poker hand based on the poker hand ranking and the amount of the first wager according to a draw poker pay table.