Alternative bets and betting structure in pai gow poker games

A method of playing a wagering game on an electronic system under the control of a virtual dealer, the electronic system comprising a processor, a video display screen and player input controls at at least one player position, the processor acting as a virtual dealer comprising:

• a) a virtual set of virtual playing cards is provided by the processor as a randomized set of playing cards;
• b) a virtual dealer accepts wagers at at least one player position in a Pai Gow game;
• c) a virtual dealer accepts at the at least one player position an optional wager against a pay table on a specified color combination of playing cards in a separate game that uses only residual cards from the Pai Gow poker game;
• d) the virtual dealer dealing seven-card hands of physical playing cards from the randomized set of physical playing cards to six player positions and one virtual dealer position, leaving at least three residual physical playing cards that have not been dealt to players or the virtual dealer as residual cards;
• of the two locations, for a total of four cards at each player position;
• e) the virtual dealer resolving the wagers on the game of Pai Gow poker;
• f) the virtual dealer comparing physical playing cards in the residual physical playing cards to the specific color combination wagered on in step b);
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• g) the virtual dealer paying players who have placed the optional wager when the color combination in the residual