Patent ID: 7661678

Claim:
A method of playing a poker-type wagering game, comprising: providing at least a deck of physical playing cards; placing a mandatory Ante bet on a player hand to participate in a poker-type card game against a dealer hand; placing a second mandatory bet on the player hand on the occurrence of one of a predetermined plurality of winning poker hands; a dealer dealing at least two hands of physical cards to the dealer position and the player hand of physical playing 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 third mandatory bet after viewing at least the player's hand of playing cards to stay in the game; resolving each player hand against the dealer hand; paying the player on the Ante and third mandatory bet if the player's hand ranking exceeds that of the dealer; and paying the player on the Second mandatory bet if the player hand is one of a plurality of predetermined winning poker hands.