Electronic gaming devices for playing a card game having multiple wagering opportunities

A method of presenting a game having multiple wagering opportunities, comprising the steps of:

• providing a gaming table having a playing surface and a game layout, said game layout defining an ante wagering location, a secondary wagering location, a tertiary wagering location, a quaternary wagering location, at least one bonus wagering location, a first community card location, a secondary community card location and a third community card location;
• receiving, via a ante wager input sensor of said gaming table which is connected to a table controller, player input of an ante wager at said ante wagering location;
• receiving, via a bonus wager input sensor of said gaming table, player input of an optional bonus wager at said at least one bonus wagering location;
• dealing, from at least one deck of physical playing cards onto said gaming table, two initial playing cards to said player and two initial playing cards to a dealer;
• receiving, after the two initial playing cards are dealt to the player and the dealer, an election from said player selected from only the options of either to fold or to place a secondary wager, wherein said election to place a secondary wager comprises receiving, via a secondary wager input sensor, said secondary wager at said secondary wagering location;
• dealing, from said at least one deck of physical playing cards to said first community card location, three initial community cards;
• receiving, when said player has not folded and after said three initial community cards are dealt, an election from said player selected from only the options of either to fold or to place a tertiary wager, wherein said election to place a tertiary wager comprises receiving, via a tertiary wager input sensor, said tertiary wager at said tertiary wagering location;
• dealing, from said at least one deck of physical playing cards to said second community card location, a fourth community card;
• dealing, from said at least one deck of physical playing cards to said third community card location, a fifth community card;
• receiving, when said player has not folded and after said fourth and fifth community cards are dealt, an election selected from only the options of either to fold or to place a quaternary wager, wherein said election to place a quaternary wager comprises receiving via a quaternary input sensor, said quaternary wager at said quaternary wagering location;
• determining an outcome of said player's ante, secondary, tertiary and quaternary wagers with reference to a poker hand ranking applied to a player's five card player hand formed from said two cards dealt to said player and said five community cards and a dealer's five card dealer hand formed from said two cards dealt to said dealer and said five community cards, wherein said player's ante, secondary, tertiary and quaternary wagers are only winning if said player's five card player hand outranks said dealer's five card dealer hand;
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• determining an outcome of said at least one optional bonus wager with reference to the cards of said player hand and/or said dealer hand and distributing any winnings based on the outcome of the at least one optional wager and the outcoming of the player's ante, secondary, tertiary and quaternary wagers.

A method of presenting a game having multiple wagering opportunities, comprising the steps of:

• providing a gaming table comprising:
• a table controller,
• an electronic table display,
• a playing surface, and
• a game layout, the game layout comprising
• an ante wagering location having an ante wager input sensor connected to the table controller,
• a secondary wagering location having a secondary wager input sensor connected to the table controller,
• a tertiary wagering location having a tertiary wager input sensor connected to the table controller,
• a quaternary wagering location having a quaternary wager input sensor connected to the table controller,
• at least one bonus wagering location having a bonus wager input sensor connected to the table controller, the ante, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, and bonus wager input sensors comprising proximity sensors configured to detect the presence of at least one or more wagering chips and at least part of a hand of a player at the gaming table,
• a first community card location,
• a secondary community card location, and
• a third community card location;
• receiving an ante wager at said ante wagering location by sensing at least one wagering chip at the ante wagering input sensor;
• receiving an optional bonus wager at said at least one bonus wagering location by sensing at least one wagering chip at the bonus wager input sensor;
• dealing, from at least one deck of physical playing cards onto said gaming table, two initial playing cards to said player and two initial playing cards to a dealer;
• receiving, after the two initial playing cards are dealt to the player and the dealer, an election from said player selected from only the options of either to fold or to place a secondary wager, wherein said election to place a secondary wager comprises receiving the secondary wager at said secondary wagering location sensing at least one wagering chip at the secondary wager input sensor;
• dealing, from said at least one deck of physical playing cards to said first community card location, three initial community cards;
• receiving, when said player has not folded and after said three initial community cards are dealt, an election from said player selected from only the options of either to fold or to place a tertiary wager, wherein said election to place a tertiary wager comprises receiving said tertiary wager at said tertiary wagering location by sensing at least one wagering chip at the tertiary wager input sensor;
• dealing, from said at least one deck of physical playing cards, a fourth community card to said second community card location, and a fifth community card to said third community card location;
• receiving, when said player has not folded and after said fourth and fifth community cards are dealt, an election selected from only the options of either to fold or to place a quaternary wager, wherein said election to place a quaternary wager comprises receiving said quaternary wager at said quaternary wagering location receiving by sensing at least one wagering chip at the quaternary wager input sensor;
• determining an outcome of said player's ante, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary wagers with reference to a poker hand ranking applied to a player's five card player hand formed from said two cards dealt to said player and said five community cards and a dealer's five card dealer hand formed from said two cards dealt to said dealer and said five community cards, wherein said player's ante, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary wagers are only winning if said player's five card player hand outranks said dealer's five card dealer hand;
• determining an outcome of said at least one optional bonus wager with reference to the cards of said player hand and/or said dealer hand;
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• when said player's ante wager is winning, the table controlling activating at least one of the bonus, ante, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary input sensors and receiving a spin input from said player to at least one of said bonus ante, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary input sensors by sensing at least a portion of a hand of the player at the at least one of the bonus ante, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary input sensors the to initiate a wheel spin award selection event at the electronic table display of the gaming table, the spin award selection event comprising the display of the selection of a segment of a multi-segment wheel, and award an award associated with said selected segment.