Method for playing poker games

A method of playing a Poker card game between a Dealer and at least one player including:

• providing at least one deck of conventional playing cards;
• selecting a Dealer;
• requiring each at least one player to ante a bet before receiving a hand of cards;
• dealing cards from said at least one deck to each at least one player and the Dealer so that the Dealer receives two separate and distinct Poker hands and each at least one player receives one Poker hand;
• permitting each at least one player to exercise a betting opportunity;
• adding at least one more card to each player hand and each Dealer hand at least once and then allowing each at least one player to exercise a betting opportunity after each instance of adding at least one more card to each player hand and each Dealer hand;
• evaluating the Poker hands of each at least one player and each Dealer after all betting is complete according a ranking of Poker hands to determine whether at least one player holds a Poker hand which is ranked higher than both of the Dealer Poker hands;
• identifying as a winner any at least one player holding a Poker hand which is ranked higher than both of the Dealer Poker hands and identifying as a nonwinner any at least one player holding a Poker hand ranked lower than either one of the Dealer Poker hands;
• awarding money to a winning player;
• and
• causing a nonwinning player to lose the totality of the nonwinning player's ante and any additional wagers.