Abstract: A multi-card stud poker game is provided for at least one player and a dealer. Players make at least one wager that the player's hand will exceed the dealer's hand. In the most preferred variant, the player and the dealer each receive a five-card sequential poker hand. The player's five cards present a one-card hand, a three-card hand and a five-card hand. The dealer's one-card hand is compared with the player's one-card hand to determine whether the one-card wager is successful by conventional poker criteria. Likewise, the dealer's three-card hand and five-card hand are compared with the player's three-card hand and five-card hand, respectively. Each player is then paid a predetermined amount for each successful one-card, three-card and five-card wager. In preferred variants of the game the one-card wager is mandatory and the cards are dealt face up.

Abstract: A method of playing a casino type wagering card game includes the initial step of each player placing an initial wager. Five cards are then dealt to each player and seven cards are dealt to the dealer. Each player may then inspect the original dealt hand, and elect to stay pat or discard and draw one or two cards. If the player elects to draw, they then inspect the new draw hand and either fold or place a second wager to stay with the draw hand. All discarded cards are then collected by the dealer and the dealer selects the best five card hand, based on poker criteria, from the dealer's cards. A comparison is then made between the player's hand and the dealer's selected hand. If the player stayed pat and has a hand higher than the dealer's hand, the player is awarded odds on the initial wager. If the player stays with the draw hand, and has a hand higher than the dealer's hand, the player is awarded even money on the initial wager and the second wager.