Patent ID: 8313366

Claim:
A method of playing a wagering game through an electronic gaming machine configured to display images of playing cards, said method comprising the steps of: providing a non-transitory computer readable medium coded with instructions and executed by a processor to perform the steps of: providing at least one standard deck of 52 playing cards with faces designated in ascending rank 2-10, J, Q, K, A each in four suits; receiving a multi-portioned wager from the player; dealing the player one card from the deck to form a player card; dealing the game machine one card from the deck to form a dealer card; dealing first, second, third and fourth community cards; resolving a first portion of the wager in favor of the dealer if the rank of the first community card is greater than the rank of the player card, and in favor of the player if the rank of the first community card is less than the rank of the player card; resolving a second portion of the wager in favor of the dealer if the rank of the second community card is greater than the rank of the player card, and in favor of the player if the rank of the second community card is less than the rank of the player card, and in favor of neither if the rank of the second community card is equal to the rank of the player card; resolving a third portion of the wager in favor of the dealer if the rank of the third community card is greater than the rank of the player card, and in favor of the player if the rank of the third community card is less than the rank of the player card, and in favor of neither if the rank of the third community card is equal to the rank of the player card; and resolving a fourth portion of the wager in favor of the dealer if the dealer card combined with the four community cards form a better hand than formed with the player card combined with the four community cards according to the traditional rules of Poker, and in favor of the player if the player card combined with the four community cards form a better hand than formed with the dealer card combined with the four community cards according to the traditional rules of Poker.