A method of playing a card game which includes providing at least one of the players with a challenge device to increase the amount waged in a game, and playing a hand comprises dealing cards to each player, and the placing of bets by the players. A second player, before he or she has viewed the identities of his or her cards, may present the first player with the challenge device to thereby increase the initial wager. The first player may accept or refuse the challenge device, and if the challenge device is refused by the first player, the first player forfeits the initial wager, and any subsequent wagers, and the game is ended. If the challenge device is accepted by the first player, the wager of both the first and second players is increased by the appropriate amount, and play of the game continues.