How FOUR CARD POKER WORKS

In four card poker, you get five cards to make your best four-card hand, but the dealer gets six cards to make a four-card hand—which gives the house an advantage, but if your hands are identical, you win. You can play against the dealer, “aces up,” or both ways at once.

Against the dealer

Make an ante bet to play against the dealer’s hand. The best four-card hand wins. On a tie, you win.

Aces up

If you place an “aces up” bet, you win if you’re dealt a pair of aces or better, even if the dealer ends up with a better poker hand.

If you get one of the top three possible poker hands—four of a kind, straight flush or three of a kind—you get an automatic bonus payout on your ante bet. The automatic bonus is paid even if the dealer ends up with a better four-card poker hand.

An optional $1 side bet that links a variety of poker games to a common progressive jackpot. Made at the same time as the basic game wager, the bet pays out if your five-card hand is a three of a kind or better, regardless of the basic game outcome.