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Three card poker is an extremely popular casino table game that's easy to pick up and play if you know the basic strategy. You can find it in casinos both large and small, and it has a relatively low house edge. Here are the basic rules.

What is Three Pair in Poker? Three pair is an expression used by Omaha players to indicate that three of their hole cards are paired. Of course, three pair is an impossible hand since it would mean we were using 6 cards, so three pair is really a two pair type hand.

Types of Bets in Three Card Poker

  1. There’s a seemingly endless list of nicknames used for hands in poker. The list seems to get bigger and bigger all the time too, as players are often coming up with new ones. Some of them are obvious, some of them amusing, and many of them are really quite tenuous.
  2. All About 3 Betting in Poker The Three Bet. One of the common definitions you will hear as you play poker is “3-bet”, or “three-bet”. A 3-bet as most players use the term means the act of putting in the third bet, technically the second “raise”, the “3-bet” during any given round of action.

You can make two types of bets in three card poker: ante and pair plus. You can bet just one or you can bet both of them. The ante bet is a wager against the dealer, while the pair plus bet is independent of the dealer's hand. It's simply a wager on whether your three card hand will include a pair or higher. The pair plus wager loses if you have less than a pair, and it wins if you have a pair or better. It's as simple as that.

Playing the Hand

First you'll make your bets, then you'll receive your cards. If you've made the ante bet, it's now decision time. Do you want to bet again that your hand is better than the dealer's, or do you want to fold? Folding is the equivalent of, 'This hand is terrible and I can't win, so I'm out of here.' You don't get to keep your initial bet, however—you lose your ante bet if you fold. If you decide to play your hand, you'll place an additional bet equal to the amount of your ante bet in the 'Play' spot on the table.

The dealer will turn up his cards after all bets are made. He must have at least a queen high or better to play. Otherwise, he doesn't 'qualify.' All players are paid 1-to-1 odds on their ante bets and they can take back their 'Play' bets.

If the dealer's hand does qualify, he'll compare his hand against that of each player to determine the winner.

From the Best Hand to the Worst

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The ranks of hands in order from best to worst in three card poker are:

  • Straight flush: All three cards are of the same suit and are in sequential order, such as the five, six and seven of spades.
  • Three of a kind: Also called 'trips,' this means that all your cards are the same number or face value, such as three jacks.
  • Straight: Your three cards fall in sequential order. If you have all face cards, this means jack, queen and king.
  • Flush: Your three cards are all of the same suit—spades, diamonds, hearts or clubs.
  • Pair: Two of your cards are the same number or face value.
  • High card: You have none of the above. The strength of your hand is the number or face value of the highest card you were dealt.

Winning Hands

If you win, you'll get those 1-to-1 odds on your ante and play bets. Additionally, if your hand is a straight or better, you'll get a bonus on top of the standard payout. The bonus applies to both the ante bet and the pair plus bet. The amount can depend on the house.

The basic strategy is to play any hand with a queen high or better and to fold the rest.

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Three Card Poker is a casino table game based on poker.

History[edit]

A Three Card Poker table in a casino aboard the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship

The casino variant of Three Card Poker was first created by Derek Webb in 1994 and patented in 1997.[1] Webb's goal was to create a version of poker that played with the speed of other table games. It was important to Webb that he got the correct mix of three important factors for any casino game: the game rules were easy to understand, the payouts were large enough to attract players, and the house edge was enough that casino owners would be interested in adopting the game.

Webb established a business called Prime Table Games to market the game in both the United States and United Kingdom.[2] The British Casino Association, now known as the National Casino Industry Forum (NCiF) suggested that Webb gain some experience in the US first, since the UK had regulations against such a table game and his application was not strong enough to convince regulators to make significant changes to their rules and regulations for a new game.

The first to adopt the game was Barry Morris, Vice President of Grand Casino Gulfport in Mississippi, after Webb had unsuccessful sales pitches with casino owners in Reno, Las Vegas, and Atlantic City. A key aspect of Webb's offer to Morris was to stand on the floor to train the dealers himself, as well as watch to make sure the game was being played correctly.[3] United Kingdom gambling regulations were changed to allow the introduction of Three Card Poker in 2002.

Prime Table Games continued marketing Three Card Poker until 1999, when Shuffle Master acquired the rights to the game outside the British Isles. The sale was prompted by a lawsuit filed that year in US federal court by Progressive Gaming International Corporation (PGIC), the then-owners of Caribbean stud poker, alleging patent infringement; Shuffle Master agreed to defend that litigation as part of the purchase. Subsequently in 2007, Prime Table Games showed in a countersuit that the 1999 PGIC litigation was based on invalid patent claims; PGIC settled for $20 million.[4] Further, Prime Table Games filed suit against Shuffle Master in 2008 alleging in part that Shuffle Master had undisclosed knowledge that the PGIC claims were invalid prior to the 1999 purchase; it was later settled for over $2 million.[5]

Rules[edit]

Three Card Poker is played as heads-up between the player's hand and the dealer's hand. After all ante wagers are placed, three cards are dealt to each player and the dealer. Players have a choice to either fold or continue in the game by placing a 'play' wager equal to their ante. Hands are then exposed and wagers resolved.[6]

The dealer's hand must be Queen high or better for the dealer hand to play. If the dealer does not play, then there is no action on play wagers and ante wagers are paid 1 to 1. If the dealer does play, the dealer and player hands are compared. If the player hand loses, both the ante and play wagers are lost. If the player hand wins both the ante and play wagers are paid 1 to 1. If the hands are tied, then there is no action on either wager.[6]

Additional optional bets are offered. The Pair Plus wager is a bet that the player's hand will be a pair or better. The Pair Plus wager wins if the player has at least a pair of twos. The payoff applies regardless of the dealer's hand, as the Pair Plus wager is not in competition against the dealer's hand. Some casinos also offer an Ante Bonus, which is paid on the ante wager for a straight or better. The typical Ante Bonus paytable pays 5 to 1 for a straight flush, 4 to 1 for a three of a kind, and 1 to 1 for a straight. Like the Pair Plus wager, the Ante Bonus pays regardless of whether that hand beats the dealer's hand.[6]

Hand ranks[edit]

Straight flush

Three of a kind

Straight

Flush

Pair

High card

Examples of poker hand categories in descending order
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Hand Ranks of Three Card Poker[7]
RankDescriptionFrequencyProbability
Straight flushThree suited cards in sequence480.22%
Three of a kindThree cards of same rank520.24%
StraightThree cards in sequence7203.26%
FlushThree suited cards1,0964.96%
PairTwo cards of same rank3,74416.94%
High cardNone of the above16,44074.39%
Total hands-22,100-

Probability of Queen high or better is 69.59%[citation needed]

Variations[edit]

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Some venues have added a wager called Prime in United Kingdom casinos and the game is known as Prime Three Card Poker. The Prime wager is optionally placed before cards are dealt and pays on the color of the player cards. If all three cards are the same color the payoff is 3 to 1. However, when included with the dealer hand if all six cards are the same color then the payoff is increased to 4 to 1.

Another variation is 'six card bonus', in which the players are given a payout based on the best five-card poker hand that can be made using any combination of the player's three cards and the dealer's three cards. Payoff ranges from 5 to 1 for three of a kind to 1000 to 1 for royal flush. Payoffs are paid regardless of whether any other bets pay.

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References[edit]

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  1. ^'Three Card Poker'. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  2. ^'Intellectual Property Office patent entry'. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  3. ^'3CardPoker.com'. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  4. ^Stutz, Howard (November 7, 2007). 'Progressive agrees to pay $20 million to end lawsuit'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  5. ^Stutz, Howard (January 14, 2011). 'Charge hurts Shuffle Master earnings'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  6. ^ abcMatt Villano (August 27, 2014). 'Winning a 3-card poker can be tough'. SfGate.
  7. ^'Three Card Poker - Wizard of Odds'. wizardofodds.com. Retrieved 2020-02-01.

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