Six-card poker game

A casino game play method utilizing at least one deck of playing cards, the method comprising:

• each player placing at least one wager to participate in the casino game;
• dealing a first number of cards to a dealer, said first number of cards being 7 and wherein five cards are used to make a dealer or banker 5-card hand;
• dealing a second number of cards to each player, said second number of cards being 6, wherein 5 cards are used to make each player a 5-card poker rank hand;
• and
• resolving each player hand against the dealer's hand according to predetermined game rules, and
• wherein, if the dealer's or banker's hand does not have at least a minimum predetermined rank of poker hand, the banker's hand is provided with one more additional card.

A live player-banked casino game play betting method comprising the steps of:

• each player placing a first wager to participate in a live casino game;
• a dealer dealing a first number of cards to each player, said first number of cards consisting of six cards to each player;
• the dealer dealing a second number of cards to a banker hand, said second number of cards consisting of seven cards to the banker's hand;
• each player optionally folding or making an additional bet that is a multiple of the first wager, wherein the multiplication factor is at least 1 and selected by the player;
• wherein both the dealer excludes two cards from determining a 5-card hand to be ranked and each player excludes one card from each player's hand to form a 5-card hand to be ranked against the banker's hand;
• and
• resolving the wager according to predetermined game rules.

A live player-banked casino game play betting method comprising the steps of:

• each player placing a first wager to participate in a live casino game;
• a dealer dealing six cards to each player;
• the dealer dealing seven cards to the dealer as a banker's hand;
• each player optionally folding or making an additional bet that is a multiple of the first wager, wherein the multiplication factor is at least 1 and selected by the player;
• and
• resolving the wager according to predetermined game rules wherein the dealer is initially dealt six cards and the players are initially dealt exactly six cards and resolution of game rules is based upon ranking of 5-card hands, and the dealer is dealt a seventh card for the banker's hand only if the dealer's best 5-card poker hand rank with the initial six cards in the banker's hand does not at least equal a predetermined banker's minimum hand rank.

A live player-banked casino game play betting method comprising the steps of:

• each player placing a first wager to participate in a live casino game;
• a dealer dealing six cards to each player;
• the dealer dealing seven cards to the dealer as a banker's hand;
• each player optionally folding or making an additional bet tat is a multiple of the first wager, wherein the multiplication factor is at least 1 and selected by the player;
• and
• resolving the wager according to predetermined game rules;
• wherein the dealer is initially dealt six cards and the players are initially dealt exactly six cards and resolution of game rules is based upon ranking of 5-card hands, and the dealer is dealt a seventh card for the banker's hand only if the dealer's 5-card poker hand rank with the initial six cards in the banker's hand does not at least equal a predetermined banker's minimum hand rank;
• wherein the at least a first wager is an Ante and the player must make the additional wager to stay in the game, and the additional wager may be a multiple selected from values between 1× and 20×;
• and
• wherein the multiple wager may exceed 1× only if the player's 5-card poker rank exceeds a predetermined players s minimum 5-card poker rank.

A live player-banked casino game play betting method comprising the steps of:

• each player placing a first wager to participate in a live casino game;
• a dealer dealing six cards to each player;
• the dealer dealing seven cards to the dealer as a banker's hand;
• each player optionally folding or making an additional bet that is a multiple of the first wager, wherein to multiplication factor is at least 1 and selected by the player;
• and
• resolving the wager according to predetermined game rules;
• wherein the dealer is initially dealt six cards and the players are initially dealt exactly six cards and resolution of game rules is based upon ranking of 5-card hands, and the dealer is dealt a seventh card for the banker's hand only if the dealer's 5-card poker hand rank with the initial six cards in the banker's hand does not at least equal a predetermined banker's minimum hand rank;
• wherein the multiple wager may exceed 1× only if the player's 5-card poker rank exceeds a predetermined player's minimum 5-card poker rank.

A live player-banked casino game betting method comprising the steps of:

• each player placing a first Ante wager to participate in a live casino game;
• a dealer dealing a first number of cards to each player, said first number of cards consisting of six cards to each player;
• the dealer dealing a second number of cards to the dealer, said second number of cards consisting of seven cards to the dealer as a banker's hand;
• each player optionally folding or making an additional bet that is a multiple of the Ante wager, at the option of the player, but not necessarily equal to the Ante wager;
• wherein both the dealer excludes two cards from determining a 5-card hand to be ranked and each player excludes one card from each player's hand to form a 5-card hand to be ranked against the banker's hand;
• and
• resolving the wager according to predetermined game rules.

A method of playing a wagering game, wherein each player competes against a dealer and/or banker hand, the method comprising:

• each player making an Ante bet to participate in the game;
• dealing a first number of cards comprising at least a part of a first hand to each player;
• dealing a second number of cards comprising at least part of a second hand to the dealer,
• dealing an additional card or cards, if necessary to complete the player and dealer hands;
• each players' complete hand consisting of a first number of cards, and the dealer's complete hand consisting of one more card than the first number of cards;
• after viewing his cards, each player either folding or making a play bet that is a multiple of at least 1× the Ante, the multiple selected by the player from a range of multiples offered in the wagering game;
• each player complete discarding at least one card from the player hand;
• the dealer complete discarding two cards from the dealer hand;
• comparing the hand values using poker rank as a criteria;
• and awarding all players whose hand is of a higher rank than the dealer and banker hand a payout.