Patent ID: 7641197

Claim:
A method of operating a single play of a wagering card game, said method comprising: providing a set of playing cards; enabling a player to place an initial wager amount for the single play of the wagering card game prior to viewing any cards from the set of cards in said single play of the wagering card game; dealing the player a partial hand from the set of cards after the placement of the initial wager amount; subsequent to dealing the partial hand, enabling the player to select to operate the single wagering card game according to the rules of one of a 5-card game, a 6-card game and a 7-card game, wherein no additional wager amount is required to enable the player to select to operate the single wagering card game according to the rules of the selected one of the 5-card game, the 6-card game and the 7-card game; dealing one or more of the cards to complete the partial hand according to the rules of the selected one of the 5-card game, the 6-card game and the 7-card game; causing at least one display device to display to the player a paytable for the 5-card game, a paytable for the 6-card game and a paytable for the 7-card game, wherein each of the paytables are different; and resolving the initial wager amount against the displayed paytable associated with the game selected.