Patent ID: 7380795

Claim:
A method of playing a single player, multi-hand poker game comprising the steps of: placing an ante bet for each of a plurality of hands to be played in a round of play of the game, wherein the plurality of played hands are played at the same time only by a single player; optionally placing a side bet for each of the played hands, the side bet comprising a wager that a first set of cards to be dealt to each played hand will constitute cards having a predetermined ranking; dealing the first set of cards to each played hand; for each hand in which the side bet is played, ranking the first set of cards; for each played hand, taking one of the following actions: a fold action, a call action or a raise action; dealing one or more community cards; ranking each of the played hands, each played hand formed of the first set of cards dealt plus the community cards; and paying out each of the played hands according to the ranking, any side bets placed, and a predetermined paytable.