Casino card game

A method of conducting a card game comprising:

• accepting a player wager in the form of a blind wager;
• providing two hole cards to the player and two or more virtual players;
• offering the player an option of discarding one or both of the player's hole cards in exchange for replacement cards;
• providing five face-up common cards in a pre-established manner;
• comparing the player's final hand against each remaining virtual player's hand, wherein the hands are formed using the best five cards selected from the two hole cards and the five common cards;
• and
• paying the player an award based on the strength of the player's final poker hand.

A method of conducting a card game comprising:

• accepting a player wager in the form of a blind wager;
• providing two hole cards to the player and two or more virtual players;
• offering the player an option of discarding one or both of the player's hole cards in exchange for one or two replacement hole cards;
• eliminating at least one virtual player in response to the player placing a subsequent wager, said elimination based on pre-established game criteria;
• providing five face-up common cards in a pre-established manner;
• comparing the player's final hand against each remaining virtual player's hand, wherein the hands are formed using the best five cards selected from the two hole cards and the five common cards;
• and
• paying the player an award based on the strength of the player's final poker hand.

A method of conducting a card game comprising:

• accepting a player wager in the form of a blind wager;
• providing two hole cards to the player and two or more virtual players;
• having at least one of the virtual players match and raise the player's blind wager;
• requiring the player to match the raising virtual player's wager, else forfeit the game;
• eliminating at least one virtual player in response to the player or another virtual player placing a wager;
• providing five face-up common cards in a pre-established manner;
• comparing the player's final hand against each remaining virtual player's hand, wherein the hands are formed using the best five cards selected from the two hole cards and the five common cards;
• and
• paying the player an award based on the strength of the player's final poker hand.