Patent ID: 8371918

Claim:
A method of playing a Pai Gow poker wagering card game comprising: a dealer accepting a wager from a player to initiate play of a Pai Gow game; the dealer accepting another wager from the player to initiate play of a poker-type game utilizing a pay table; the dealer dealing to each of a plurality of player positions and to a dealer position a seven-card hand formed from a set of playing cards to form at least one seven-card player hand at one of the plurality of player positions and to form a seven-card dealer hand at the dealer position; the dealer resolving the Pai Gow game; the dealer reviewing a best five-card player poker hand formed from the at least one seven-card player hand; the dealer resolving the poker-type game utilizing the pay table, comprising: the dealer determining whether the best five-card player poker hand meets or exceeds a predetermined rank; and if the dealer determined that the best five-card player poker hand meets or exceeds the predetermined rank, the dealer further resolving the poker-type game, comprising: the dealer awarding to the player a payout based at least in part on the pay table, the wager, and the best five-card player poker hand; the dealer reviewing a best five-card dealer poker hand formed from the seven-card dealer hand; the dealer determining whether the best five-card dealer poker hand meets or falls below another predetermined rank; and if the dealer determined that the best five-card dealer poker hand meets or falls below the another predetermined rank, the dealer awarding to the player another payout; and if the dealer determined that the best five-card player poker hand does not meet or exceed the predetermined rank, the dealer retaining the another wager.