Patent ID: 6959928

Claim:
A method of playing a poker-type card game comprising, in combination, the steps of: dealing an initial predetermined number of cards; identifying a first subgroup of said initial predetermined number of cards having a relatively high poker value as compared to a remaining number of said initial predetermined number of cards not in said first subgroup; assigning said first subgroup having a higher poker value to a dealer as an initial dealer hand; assigning said remaining number of said predetermined number of cards not in said first subgroup to at least one player as an initial player hand; dealing a predetermined number of cards to said dealer to complete said dealer hand; dealing a predetermined number of cards to said at least one player to complete each said at least one player hand; conveying a predetermined poker advantage to said predetermined number of cards dealt to said at least one player to complete each said at least one player hand relative to said predetermined number of cards dealt to said dealer to complete said dealer hand, wherein said poker advantage being at least one of a greater number of cards, cards having a higher poker value, and said at least one player having a selection choice of said cards; comparing said completed poker hand value of said completed dealer hand with said completed poker hand value of each said completed player hand of each said at least one player; and selecting as a winning hand whichever of said dealer hand and each said at least one player hand that has a higher poker value.