Patent ID: 7238108

Claim:
A method of playing a casino game, comprising: (a) receiving first and second wagers for at least a first playing mode, at least one of the first and second wagers in the first playing mode being compulsory; (b) receiving at least a third wager for at least a second playing mode, wherein the second playing mode is without a house advantage; (c) dealing hands of playing cards to a dealer and to at least one player; (d) resolving the first and second wagers according to (1) a poker rank of the player hand against a first payout scale, and (2) the poker rank of the player hand against a second payout scale and the poker rank of the player hand against a poker rank of the dealer hand, respectively; and (e) resolving the third wager without a house advantage according to the poker rank of the player hand against at least one of (1) the poker rank of the dealer hand, and (2) a poker rank of another player hand.