Patent 7533886 was granted and assigned to Shuffle Master on May, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method of playing a four-card poker game by at least one player and a banker who is preferably also the dealer. The player has the option to wager against the dealer, wager against a predetermined payout schedule, or both. Additional options of a progressive wager and/or a bad beat wager are also possible with the present game.