Poker game system having bad beat pot and method of conducting the same

A card game system comprising:

• a card table;
• a deck of conventional playing cards;
• and
• a dealer,
• said dealer instructed to deal multiple players positioned at said card table one or more concealed cards from said deck of conventional playing cards;
• deal multiple common cards from said deck of conventional playing cards in a manner allowing at least two betting rounds to occur during a hand of poker;
• place bets into a first pot from each betting round occurring prior to a final common card being dealt during said hand of poker;
• place bets into a second pot from a betting round occurring after the final common card being dealt during said hand of poker;
• pay said first pot to a player holding a winning poker hand wherein all but the final common cards are available to form a poker hand;
• and
• pay said second pot to a player holding a winning poker hand wherein all of the common cards are available to form a poker hand.

An electronic card game system configured for play over a computer network accessible by player terminals, said terminals including at least a display and user interface, comprising:

• computer means programmed to:
• randomly select and cause to be displayed from a simulated deck of conventional playing cards one or more hole cards to multiple players accessing said computer network;
• cause to be displayed multiple common cards from said simulated deck of conventional playing cards in a manner allowing at least two betting rounds to occur during a hand of poker;
• place bets into a first pot from each betting round occurring prior to causing a final common card to be displayed from said simulated deck of cards during said hand of poker;
• place bets into a second pot from a betting round occurring after causing the final common card to be displayed during said hand of poker;
• pay said first pot to a player holding a winning poker hand wherein all but the final common cards are available to form a poker hand;
• and
• pay said second pot to a player holding a winning poker hand wherein all of the common cards are available to form a poker hand.