A method of playing a card game by a number of players competing for a jackpot contributed by the players that includes performing an auction phase by a computer. The auction phase can be applied to any kind of poker and includes the steps of revealing a face value of an auction card; auctioning the auction card; and (i) eliminating the auction card when none of the players makes a bid for the auction card, (ii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a sole bid and requiring the player to pay the amount of the sole bid into the jackpot, or (iii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a winning bid among a plurality of bids and requiring the player to pay the amount of the winning bid to the player having the second best bid. The step of auctioning the auction card includes a bidding period that is timed by a computer (connected with the input terminal of the manager when the manager is not a computer). Each user utilizes a keypad and/or touch screen display to input and increase bids.