To play your best at three card poker, be sure to understand the objective, odds, and strategies that are used to play this poker variation.
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You can play three card poker in a few different ways. Play your three-card poker hand against the dealer’s, or bet that you’ll get a pair or better in your three-card hand, or do both at once.
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The dealer needs at least a queen to “qualify.” If your hand beats the dealer’s qualifying hand, you win even money on both the ante and play wagers. Your ante bet pays a bonus according to the payout table.
If your hand ties the dealer’s qualifying hand, both the play and ante wagers are a push. If you made a pair plus bet and your hand contains a pair or better, you win, according to the pair plus pay table.
If the dealer doesn’t qualify, you win even money on the ante wager, and the play wager is a push.
Ante bonus payouts
Hand value | Bonus payout |
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Straight flush | 5 to 1 |
Three of a kind | 4 to 1 |
Straight | 1 to 1 |
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- Make a pair plus wager.
- The dealer deals you three cards.
- If your hand contains a pair or better, you win, according to the pay table.
Pair plus payouts
Hand value | Bonus payout |
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Straight flush | 40 to 1 |
Three of a kind | 30 to 1 |
Straight | 5 to 1 |
Flush | 4 to 1 |
Pair | 1 to 1 |
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An optional wager that pays, according to a pay table, if the combination of your hand and the dealer’s hand creates a poker hand with a three of a kind or better. It pays out regardless of the dealer’s hand.
Six-card bonus pay table
Hand value | Bonus payout |
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Royal flush | 1,000 to 1 |
Straight flush | 200 to 1 |
Four of a kind | 50 to 1 |
Full house | 25 to 1 |
Flush | 15 to 1 |
Straight | 10 to 1 |
Three of a kind | 5 to 1 |