Three Card Poker

How to play · Three Card Poker

OBJECTIVE

Make a better three-card poker hand than the dealer. You see your cards first, then choose to back them or fold.

HAND RANKING (high to low)

  • Straight flush, then three of a kind, then a straight, then a flush, then a pair, then high card.
  • Note the three-card quirk: a straight beats a flush, because straights are rarer with only three cards.

HOW TO PLAY

  • Choose your Ante chip value and press Deal. You get three cards face up, the dealer three face down.
  • Play to match your Ante and see the dealer, or Fold to give up the hand and your Ante.
  • The dealer only “qualifies” with Queen-high or better. If the dealer does not qualify, your Ante pays and the Play bet is returned.
  • If the dealer qualifies, the higher hand wins both bets even money.

ANTE BONUS (pays regardless of dealer)

Straight1:1
Three of a kind4:1
Straight flush5:1
1,000

Dealer

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