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1. A method of administering a wagering game, comprising:
accepting an ante wager to participate in a commission-free pai gow poker game from at least one player by receiving a first physical, monetarily valuable wagering element in a first designated area of a layout on a surface of a gaming table; accepting an optional side bet wager from the at least one player by receiving a second physical, monetarily valuable wagering element in a second designated area of the layout on the surface of the gaming table, the second designated area being separate and distinct from the first designated area; dealing randomized physical cards from a set of cards comprising at least one 52-card deck of standard playing cards to provide a seven-card hand to the at least one player and a seven-card hand to a dealer; resolving the ante wager by comparing two-card and five-card pai gow player hands formed from the at least one player's seven-card hand with two-card and five-card pai gow dealer hands formed from the dealer's seven-card hand, wherein no commission is received on any player winnings on the ante wager; and paying a payout to the at least one player based on the optional side bet wager when the dealer's seven-card hand contains a winning hand of a set of predetermined winning hands by transferring physical, monetarily valuable wagering elements associated with the payout to the at least one player. |
