A method of playing a card game, comprising:
- a. at least one player making an ante wager and a bonus wager and, if desired, an optional progressive bonus wager to initiate a game;
- b. a dealer sequentially dealing the at least one player and the dealer a first card and a second card;
- c. the dealer dealing a bonus card and a progressive bonus card;
- d. the at least one player viewing that player's first card and second card;
- e. the at least one player deciding whether to challenge the dealer, the at least one player making a challenge ante wager if the at least one player decides to challenge the dealer;
- f. the dealer revealing the bonus card to the at least one player if the bonus card was dealt face down;
- g. the dealer paying the at least one player if that player's first card and second card and the bonus card meet a bonus combination specified on a bonus payment table and the dealer taking the bonus wager of the at least one player if that player's first card and second card and the bonus card do not meet the bonus combination specified on the bonus payment table;
- h. the dealer revealing the progressive bonus card to the at least one player if the progressive bonus card was dealt face down;
- i. the dealer paying the at least one player if that player made a progressive bonus wager and that player's first card, second card, bonus card and the progressive bonus card meet a progressive bonus combination specified on a progressive bonus payment table and the dealer taking the progressive bonus wager of the at least one player if that player's first card, second card, bonus card, and the progressive bonus card do not meet the progressive bonus combination specified on the progressive bonus payment table;
- j. the dealer taking the ante wager of the at least one player not making the challenge ante wager;
- k. the dealer offering the at least one player the option of making a buy wager and replacing either of the player's first card or second card and, if the player makes the buy wager and surrenders either the first card or the second card, dealing the player a replacement card, the at least one player now having a two card hand, this being an optional step in the game;
- l. the dealer revealing the dealer's first card and second card;
- m. the dealer replacing one of the dealer's first card and second card having a lowest face value if one of the dealer's first card and second card is not a jack, a queen, a king, or an ace or if the dealer's first card and second card are not cards of the same face value;
- the dealer now having a dealer two card hand;
- n. the dealer paying the at least one player on the ante wager and on the challenge ante wager if that player's two card hand is a better poker hand than the dealer two card hand, the dealer taking the ante wager and the challenge ante wager of the at least one player if the dealer two card hand is a better poker hand than the player's two card hand, the at least one player keeping the ante wager and the challenge ante wager if the dealer two card hand and the player's two card hand are poker hands of the same value.