The present invention provides a game that uses a standard deck of cards and enables play in several poker activities at once. The invention provides a method of playing Poker games that allows a player to have an interest in a current game even after folding his hand. This is achieved in part by a method of playing a card game played with a standard deck of fifty-two cards by two to seven original players, comprising a first step of each player posting a first wager and a second wager. At least a portion of this first wager is allocated to a jackpot fund wherein after all remaining river players have selected said declared hands, the following awards are distributed:

• (1) wagers are awarded to the remaining river player(s) holding the winning declared hand(s) in accord with a standard poker rank;
• (2) a bonus pay is awarded to each of said remaining river player(s) in accord with a scale; and
• (3) a jack pot is awarded to all remaining river player(s) if two or more players declared hands equal to or exceed a set jackpot rank.