Combination 3 card poker-baccarat gaming method and apparatus

A method of playing a casino gambling card game comprising the steps of:

• a player placing a predetermined initial ante bet to participate in the game;
• a dealer dealing at least two playing cards from a deck to the player;
• a player determining from the two playing cards dealt whether to continue to participate in a poker aspect of the casino gambling card game, and it so, the player placing a second bet that a next card dealt by the dealer would give the player a poker hand of one of a straight, a flush and straight flush for the total number of cards dealt;
• the dealer dealing the player said next card;
• the dealer drawing a like number of cards to itself;
• ascribing to the cards dealt to the player and the cards drawn by the dealer a baccarat value of “one” for each ace, a value of “zero” for each ten, jack, queen and king, and the point face value of each other card;
• totalling the baccarat value of all cards received by the player;
• totalling the baccarat value of all cards drawn by the dealer;
• comparing the “ones” digit of said total value of cards received by the player with the “ones” digit of said total value of cards drawn by the dealer for itself;
• awarding the winning of said ante bet to the player or dealer whose baccarat “ones” digit total comes closer to “nine”;
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• awarding the winning of said second bet to the player whose next card is the straight, flush or straight flush bet upon, otherwise awarding such second bet to the dealer;
• with the player forfeiting said initial ante bet upon determining not to participate in said poker aspect of the game by not placing said second bet and continuing no further.