Three-card Poker blends together two games, and the player can make two bet types. The result of both games is defined on principle of poker combinations for the three dealt cards.

Three card Poker Rules

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Three Card Poker is a stud poker game, which is played with three cards per hand, but unlike regular poker where players compete against each other, all players at this game compete either against the dealer or against a posted payout schedule for specific hands.

The game allows the player:

Bonus payouts may be won for certain hands when wagering against the dealer.

To start, all the players make their bets. Players can either wager that their hand will be higher in rank than the dealer's hand ('Ante' and 'Play' wagers) or they can wager that their hand will have at least a pair or higher ('Pair Plus' wager).

Each player and the dealer are then dealt three cards, giving each player in turn one card face down until all the players and the dealer have three face down cards.

To compete against the dealer, the player places an ‘Ante’ bet. The player places a bet, and after examining his three-card hand, he must decide on one of two options:

Notice: If the player played two bets and placed one also on the 'pair plus', that too is forfeited.

Once the player made his decision, the dealer will open his cards. The dealer's hand must contain a Queen or better to qualify and challenge the player’s hands; otherwise the dealer folds and only the 'Ante' wagers are paid, at 1:1 irrespective of ranking. The 'Play' bet is returned to the player.

If the dealer's hand qualifies with a Queen or better, then the player’s cards are opened and compared against the dealer's. If the dealer's hand is better than the player's hand, then the player loses both, the 'Ante' and 'Play' wager. If the player's hand is better than the dealer, then the dealer pays the player at 1 to 1 for both, the 'ante' and the 'Play' wager.

Additionally, on a good hand, the player may also win a bonus payment on the 'Ante' wager, as follows:

The bonuses are awarded irrespective of the dealer's hand ranking, whether better or worse than the player's. If the dealer's hand is better than the player's hand, then the player loses both, the 'Ante' and 'Play' wager.

To play the hand value only and not against the dealer, the player places a wager on the ‘Pair Plus’ spot. It is a completely independent from the dealer’s hand and the payout is based only on the rank of the 3 card hand. If the player has less than a pair, he loses the 'Pair Plus' wager; if the player has a pair or higher, he wins. The higher the rank, the greater the payout, as follows:

The player can make ‘Pair Plus’ and ‘Ante’ bets simultaneously.

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