Method of playing card games

A method of playing a card game, comprising the steps of:

• (a) affording each player an opportunity to place an ante wager to participate in the game;
• (b) affording each player an opportunity to make an optional extra bet wager;
• (c) dealing seven cards to each player and to a dealer;
• (d) affording each player an opportunity to view their cards and to divide their cards into a two-card high hand and a five-card low hand according to predetermined rules for dividing cards;
• (e) affording each player an opportunity to either fold and forfeit their ante wager, or call by making a bet wager exactly twice the amount of the ante wager;
• (f) dividing the dealer's hand into a two-card high hand and a five-card low hand according to said predetermined rules for dividing cards;
• (g) evaluating whether the dealer's high hand qualifies by achieving a predetermined poker rank of a pair of 6s or better;
• and
• (h) settling wagers by:
• (1) if the dealer's high hand does not qualify, refinding the ante and bet wagers to each remaining player and paying each remaining player who opted to make the extra bet wager an amount determined by a predetermined pay table based on a point value of the player's low hand;
• (2) if the dealer's high hand does qualify, comparing each remaining player's high hand with the dealer's high hand using poker rank as the criterion for comparison and comparing each remaining player's low hand with the dealer's low hand using point value as the criterion for comparison,
• (I) wherein if the dealer wins both of the high and low hands, the house wins the ante and bet wagers and pays to each remaining player who opted to make the extra bet wager an amount determined by a predetermined pay table based on the point value of the player's low hand;
• (II) wherein if the dealer wins one of the high and low hands, the house refunds the ante and bet wagers to each remaining player and pays to each remaining player who opted to make the extra bet wager an amount determined by a predetermined pay table based on the point value of the player's low hand;
• and (III) wherein if a player wins both of the high and low hands, the player wins the ante wager and is paid on the bet wager an amount according to a predetermined pay table based on the point value of the player's low hand and the house pays to each remaining player who opted to make the extra bet wager an amount determined by a predetermined pay table based on the point value of the player's low hand.