Abstract: The invention is a seven-card-stud poker game, played with at least one but preferably one standard poker deck of 52 cards plus at least one but preferably one Joker. Two or more but preferably seven players may participate in the game. One of the players is the Banker whom other players play against. A Player who is not a Banker may play Poker Bet playing against the Banker's hand and/or one to seven side bets betting on the contents of the Player's own hand. After at least one wager is placed, each Player and the Banker are each dealt seven cards. The Players and the Banker each then selects and keeps his best 5-card poker hand and discards two other cards from his own seven cards. To win a Poker Bet wager, a Player's best 5-card poker hand must rank higher than the Banker's best 5-card poker hand. To win a side-bet wager, a Player's best 5-card poker hand must be one of the predetermined winning hands of the type of the side bet he bets on.

Abstract: A seven-card-stud poker game, played by two to seven players with at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards plus at least one Joker. One of the players is the Banker. A Player who is not a Banker may play Poker Bet, playing against the Banker's hand and/or one to seven side bets betting on the contents of the Player's own hand. After a wager is placed, each Player and the Banker are each dealt seven cards. The Players and the Banker each then selects his best 5-card poker hand from his seven cards and discards two cards. To win a Poker Bet wager, a Player's best 5-card poker hand must rank higher than the Banker's best 5-card poker hand. To win a side-bet wager, a Player's best 5-card poker hand must be one of the predetermined winning hands of the type of the side bet he bets on. The Poker Bet wager and seven side-bet wagers are independent wagers and are settled separately.

Abstract: The card game of the present invention uses a standard fifty-two card poker deck. Each Player is dealt four or preferably five cards, and plays against a Banker. There is a primary wager and independent secondary wagers. In the primary wager, four-of-a-kind is an automatic winner for the Player. If the Player does not have four-of-a-kind, the Player splits the dealt cards into a high hand and a low hand. The low hand must not rank higher than the high hand, or it is a foul and the Player loses. The Player's low hand and the Banker's low hand are compared, and the Player's high hand and the Banker's high hand are compared. The Player wins if both hands win, loses if both lose, and ties in the event of a split. Hands are ranked three of a kind (for the five card version), pair, and point value. A higher ranked three-of-a-kind beats a lower ranked three-of-a-kind; a higher ranked pair beats a lower ranked pair; a higher point value beats a lower point value.