Patent ID: 7165770

Claim:
A method of playing a poker-type wagering game, comprising: placing a mandatory Ante bet to participate in a poker-type card game against a dealer hand; placing a mandatory Super Bonus bet on the occurrence of one of a predetermined plurality of winning poker hands; a dealer dealing at least two hands of cards to the dealer position and a hand of cards to each player participating in the game; and when the dealer's first hand meets or exceeds a predetermined high ranking hand value, discarding the first hand and playing the second hand; each player placing an additional mandatory Bet after viewing at least the player's hand of cards to stay in the game; resolving each player hand against the dealer hand; paying the player on the mandatory Ante and additional mandatory Bet if the player's hand ranking exceeds that of the dealer; and paying the player on the Super Bonus bet if the player hand is one of a plurality of predetermined winning poker hands.