Patent ID: 8512116

Claim:
A method of managing play of a wagering game with a gaming device and at least one player, comprising: detecting placement of an ante wager associated with the at least one player to participate in the wagering game; displaying a selected number of randomized playing cards from a set of playing cards with the gaming device, the selected number of randomized playing cards associated with the at least one player; displaying a selected number of randomized playing cards from the set of playing cards equal to the selected number of playing cards associated with the at least one player with the gaming device, the selected number of randomized playing cards associated with a dealer; displaying a selected number of randomized common playing cards from the set of playing cards face-down to a common card area with the gaming device; detecting by the gaming device one discarded playing card from the set of playing cards associated with the at least one player, leaving a reduced set of playing cards associated with the at least one player; detecting by the gaming device one of folding or placing a first play wager associated with the at least one player, the first play wager selected from a first set of multiples of the ante wager; displaying by the gaming device a first common playing card from the selected number of randomized common playing cards; detecting by the gaming device one of folding or placing of a second play wager associated with the at least one player, the second play wager comprising a second set of multiples of the ante wager comprising a highest multiple that is less than a highest multiple of the first set of multiples of the ante wager; displaying by the gaming device a second common playing card from the selected number of randomized common playing cards; detecting by the gaming device one of folding or placing of a third play wager associated with the at least one player, the third play wager selected from a third set of multiples of the ante wager comprising a highest multiple that is less than the highest multiple of the second set of multiples of the ante wager; determining by the gaming device a best poker hand from the reduced set of playing cards and the selected number of common playing cards; determining by the gaming device a best poker hand from the selected number of playing cards associated with the dealer and the selected number of common playing cards; and resolving the first play wager, the second play wager, and the third play wager with the gaming device.