METHODS OF ADMINISTERING PAI GOW POKER GAMES WITH BONUS SIDE BETS AND RELATED APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS

摘要

Methods of administering wagering games comprise accepting an ante wager from each player on a game of pai gow poker to be played against a dealer. Seven cards are dealt to each player and the dealer, with which each player and the dealer is permitted to form a two-card low hand and a five-card high hand. The ante wager, wherein resolving the ante wager comprises returning each ante wager to each player when the low hand held by the dealer is of a predetermined disqualifying rank.

主权项

1. A method of administering a wagering game, comprising:
accepting an ante wager from a player on a base game of pai gow poker to be played against a dealer by receiving a physical, monetarily valuable wagering element in a designated wagering area on a playing surface of a gaming table; dealing seven cards from a set of randomized, physical cards comprising a deck of playing cards to the player at a player position at the gaming table and the dealer at a dealer position at the gaming table; accepting an arrangement of the cards dealt to the player into a two-card player low hand and a five-card player high hand, the player low hand having a lower poker ranking that the player high hand; arranging the cards dealt to the dealer into a two-card dealer low hand and a five-card dealer high hand, the dealer low hand having a lower poker ranking than the dealer high hand; and returning the ante wager to the player when the dealer low hand has a predetermined disqualifying poker ranking by transferring each wagering element associated with the ante wager to the player.