Poker card game

Abstract

A community-style poker game is played by dealing each player two cards face-down followed by a community card face up. A first round of bets is solicited, and then two more community cards are dealt, face up. A second betting round is conducted, and then a final third card is dealt face-down to each player. A third and final betting round is solicited from the players, following which a game decision is reached by evaluating the respective hands considering the three community cards and each players' three private cards to determine the best five-card poker hand out of the six cards available to each player. Because each player that remains in the game can expect to receive the third and final card face down, players will be drawn to remain in the game at least thorough the second betting round with the hope that the third and final card will secure a victory.

1 . A method for playing a community-style poker card game comprising the steps of:
 providing a plurality of players;   contributing an ante of money to a winnings pot;   providing a standard deck of 52 playing cards arranged in the traditional maimer with faces designated 2-10, J, Q, K, A each in four suits;   dealing each player respective first and second cards face-down;   allowing each player to privately inspect the face value of their respective first and second cards;   dealing a first community card face up;   soliciting a first bet decision from each player, wherein a bet decision is selected from the group consisting of: bet, check, call, raise and fold;   dealing second and third community cards face up;   soliciting a second bet decision from each player;   dealing each player a respective third card face-down;   allowing each player to privately inspect the face of their respective third card;   soliciting a third bet decision from each player;   selecting a winning player by comparing each player's respective first, second and third card together with the first, second and third community cards according to the conventional poker rules and identifying therefrom the player in possession of the best five-card hand.   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1  further including the step of designating a dealer from among one of the players. 
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said step of contributing an ante includes requiring a single player to contribute the entire ante amount for all players. 
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1  further including the step of discarding a card from the top of the deck of cards prior to said step of dealing the second and third community cards. 
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1  further including the step of discarding a card from the top of the deck of cards prior to said step of dealing each player a third card face-down.