Patent ID: 7905770

Claim:
A method of playing a Pai Gow poker wagering card game comprising: a. A dealer accepting a wager from a player wagering on a Pai Gow game; b. The dealer accepting from the player either an optional or mandatory wager against a pay table on a separate poker-type game that uses a best five-card hand from each player's hand; c. The dealer dealing seven-card hands from a set of physical playing cards to multiple player positions and one dealer position; d. The dealer resolving the game of Pai Gow poker; e. The dealer forming best five-card poker hands from the physical playing cards for at least each player having placed the wager against the pay table; f. The dealer resolving wagers with players who have placed the optional or mandatory wager when that player's best five-card poker hand equals or exceeds a predetermined rank; and g. The dealer providing an additional award immediately from a paytable to players who have placed the optional or mandatory wager i) when that player's best five-card poker hand from the physical playing cards at the player's position equals or exceeds a predetermined rank and ii) when a best five-card hand for the dealer from the physical playing cards at the one dealer position is equal to or less than a predetermined rank.