Patent ID: 7581732

Claim:
A method of playing a succession of poker-type games with a deck of playing cards, said method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a plurality of hands each having a first at least one predetermined playing card, said first at least one predetermined playing card being revealed to at least one player prior to said player wagering, said first at least one predetermined playing card remaining the same for all of said games of said succession of games; (b) removing said first at least one predetermined playing card of all of said hands from said deck; and (c) playing said poker-type game a plurality of times in succession, said game comprising the steps of: (1) said player becoming a wagering player upon wagering on one or more of said hands as wagered hands in a first wagering round; (2) before, during, or after said first wagering round, randomly choosing a second at least one playing card from said deck as a community card, said community card being part of each of said hands; (3) revealing said community card to said wagering player after said wagering; and (4) identifying said wagering player as a winning player if any of said wagered hands has a winning combination.