Three Card Poker - Standard Rules
Three Card Poker involves two independent bets : Pair Plus and Ante and Play. A player may make a wager on either one or both of these bets before the deal commences.
Cards are dealt from a standard 52 card deck and hands are ranked from highest to lowest: Straight Flush, Three of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Pair, Nothing. See Hand Ranking page for a more detailed explanation. Both the player and dealer are dealt three cards to their hand.
Pair Plus
The result of the Pair Plus bet is determined only by the hand rank of the player's hand, the dealer's hand being irrelevant. The player wins the bet with a pair or better and loses with Nothing. A typical pay table is as follows.
| Hand | Payout |
|---|
| Straight Flush | 40 to 1 |
| Three of a Kind | 30 to 1 |
| Straight | 6 to 1 |
| Flush | 4 to 1 |
| Pair | 1 to 1 |
Ante and Play
Before cards are dealt the player makes an Ante wager. After being dealt a hand of three cards the player may either:
- Fold and lose the ante bet.
- Play and make a further wager equal to the ante bet.
If the player decides to make the Play bet the dealer's hand is revealed and a showdown occurs. If the dealer has a Queen high or better the hand is said to qualify. The result of the hand is determined as follows with the rank of hands compared if the dealer qualifies:
| Result | Ante bet Pays | Play Bet Pays |
|---|
| Dealer does not qualify | Win Even Money | Push |
| Dealer qualifies, player's hand wins | Win Even Money | Win Even Money |
| Dealer qualifies, player's hand ties | Push | Push |
| Dealer qualifies, player's hand loses | Lose | Lose |
If the player hand consists of a straight or better a bonus is paid on the Ante bet not depending on the dealer's hand or whether the player wins or loses. The bonus pay outs can vary between casinos with a typical pay table below:
| Hand | Bonus Payout |
|---|
| Straight Flush | 5 to 1 |
| Three of a Kind | 4 to 1 |
| Straight | 1 to 1 |
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