3 Card Poker

3 Card Poker is a fast and fun poker-style game that requires little strategy for a player to be successful. The low house edge of approximately 2.5% makes it an enticing addition to the casino. Beat the dealer by making the best poker hand possible with one draw of three cards.

3 Card Poker games are played with a standard 52-card deck. The cards are distributed in hands of three, with cards shuffled after each hand. Straights have a higher ranking than a flush, as there are fewer ways to make a three-card straight. Aces can be either high or low.

There are two bets a player can make that will influence the game payout: Ante and Pair Plus. The ante works as it does in conventional poker. This is the "cost" of playing the hand. The Pair Plus is a wager that the player will get at least a pair or higher. Payout levels are listed in a table below. It is not necessary to make both bets, but players must make at least one.

Player antes by place his/her bet in the "Ante" spot on the table within acceptable table limits. Both dealer and player are dealt three cards face down. The player will determine whether their cards are good enough to bet against the dealer or fold. If player folds, he/she simply loses the ante. If the player decides to test his/her cards against the dealer, he/she must place a wager equal to the ante in the "Play" spot on the table and click the "Play" button. If the player wins the hand, the hand pays both the Ante and the Pair Plus wager (if applicable).

Note: the dealer must have at least Queen High to qualify. Anything lower is an automatic win for the player providing the player has not folded.

So to summarize, in three card poker, three to six players are able to participate. The dealer deals three cards to every player, face down. After this initial deal follows a betting round in which any of the players on the table can make the opening bet. He and any other player now has to either Call or Raise to stay into the game. Then each player in 3 card poker has to draw two cards on the draw followed by another round of betting. After this final round of betting the players all show their hands. The ranking of the hand is exactly the same as in Regular Poker, but due to the three card limitation a Three of a Kind is the highest hand you can get.