Patent ID: 7803042

Claim:
A computer-generated method for playing a card game, the method comprising the steps of: dealing a computer simulated hand of cards to each of a plurality of players in a computer memory, wherein each hand of cards includes one or more computer simulated cards from a computer simulated deck of cards, each simulated card is assigned a designated value and suit, and the designated value and suit of each simulated card in the hand of a first player is unknown to each of the other players; dealing at least ten computer simulated common cards from the simulated deck of cards, wherein the designated value and suit of each simulated common card is viewable by each player within a common card zone of an electronic game interface; accepting from each player one of a wager or withdrawal from the game after the hands of cards and the plurality of common cards are dealt; removing at least one computer simulated common card from the common card zone after the accepting step to determine a winner based at least in part on remaining computer simulated cards in the common card zone; and repeating the accepting and removing steps until the winner is determined and until no more than five simulated common cards remain viewable in the common card zone.