Patent ID: 7201375

Claim:
A method for playing a card game, comprising: providing at least two wagering areas including an ante wagering area for making an ante wager and a bet wagering area for making a bet wager; making said ante wager by at least a first player of a number of players; dealing by a dealer one community card that is face up, said one community card being the only community card dealt during the playing of the card game; before any bet wager is made, subsequently to said ante wager dealing by the dealer five cards that are face down to the first player and five cards that are face down to the dealer, wherein each player of the number of players that makes said ante wager is dealt five cards; deciding for the first time by the first player, at least after said one community card is dealt face up and after said five cards are dealt face down, whether or not to continue to play and, if so, determining by the first player whether or not to discard one of said five cards that are dealt face down to the first player and, if so, using said one community card as a replacement card for said one card that is discarded and also making a bet wager by the first player in said bet wagering area, wherein said bet wager is made by the first player after said five cards and said one community card are dealt; deciding by the dealer, at least after said one community card is dealt face up, whether or not to use said one community card as a replacement card for one of said five cards; and making determinations related to at least the dealer and the first player including whether the dealer hand, if qualified, beats at least the first player hand.