A method of playing a wagering card game named Pojack includes selected
elements of the games of Blackjack and Poker, Pojack being played between
a dealer and one or more players, where the dealer deals from a stack of
cards containing a plurality of standard 52-card decks of cards and the
Poker payout odds are predetermined. This game has rules wherein: a.
each player elects to play Blackjack or Poker or both by placing a
Blackjack bet or a Poker ante bet or both respectively, b. then the
dealer deals according to standard Blackjack procedure to all those
players who elected to play Blackjack, c. then before the dealer turns
over his hole card and before he makes the Blackjack payout or collection
to the players playing Blackjack, each player who previously made a Poker
bet is invited to play Poker using his Blackjack hand as the beginning of
his Poker hand by placing a Poker raise bet, d. then each player electing
to play Poker places his raise bet, e. then the dealer turns over his
hole card and makes Blackjack payouts to or collects from all Blackjack
players of that Blackjack hand, f. then the dealer deals sequentially to
each of said players who elected to play Poker, where each of said Poker
players is dealt sufficient cards so that his hand includes a total of
five cards to comprise a standard Poker hand, this step being modified
such that; g. then the dealer completes his own Poker hand, and h. then
the dealer pays out or collects on all Poker ante and raise bets of all
the players playing this Poker hand, according to the predetermined Poker
payout odds.