Patent ID: 8449363

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising, for a play of a card game: (a) enabling an ante wager to be placed for said play of the card game; (b) dealing a first two-card player hand, a two-card dealer hand, and at least one other two-card player hand; (c) determining a probability of a first final player hand associated with the first two-card player hand winning against all other final player hands associated with the at least one other two-card player hand, the probability based on the first two-card player hand, the two-card dealer hand, the at least one other two-card player hand, any community cards previously dealt, and at least one community card to be dealt; (d) determining a pay out ratio based on the determined probability of the first final player hand winning against all of the other final player hands and displaying the pay out ratio; (e) enabling an optional play wager to be placed that is associated with said displayed pay out ratio and determining if said play wager has been placed; (f) dealing at least one additional card that is a community card; (g) repeating (c) to (f) at least once; (h) determining it the first final player hand wins against a final dealer hand associated with the two-card dealer hand for the play of the card game; (i) determining if the first final player hand wins against all of the other final player hands for the play of the card game; (j) displaying an ante award if the first final player hand wins against the final dealer hand; and (k) displaying a play award if the first final player hand wins against all of the other final player hands, said play award including a sum of each play wager placed multiplied by the pay out ratio associated with said play wager.