Patent ID: 7201654

Claim:
A method of playing a draw poker game including initially dealt cards, an opportunity for a player to hold at least one of said initially dealt cards and a final hand composition, said method comprising: placing a first wager that a final hand composition will match one of a plurality of preselected combination of cards that are ranked in a particular order; dealing a hand of initially dealt cards; determining whether said initially dealt cards match one of said plurality of preselected combination of cards and determining a ranking of said initially dealt cards; selecting none, one, or more held cards from said hand of dealt cards; offering at least one proposition bet that the final hand composition will match a particular one of said plurality of preselected combination of cards after said initially dealt cards are dealt and prior to replacing each card not held, unless all initially dealt cards are held, wherein said particular one of said plurality of preselected combination of cards is ranked higher than the ranking of said initially dealt cards; accepting said at least one proposition bet as a second wager if said proposition bet is offered; dealing one additional card to replace each card not held to provide a final hand composition; determining if said final hand composition matches said at least one proposition bet, if said at least one proposition bet is offered and accepted; and determining if said final hand matches one of said plurality of preselected combination of cards as to the first wager.