Three-Card Poker Rules

This is a simple game where you are dealt three cards and are paid according to their value. The dealer’s hand is not involved. There is no raising used in this game. Play begins with a wage on the ante. After you view your three cards, you may either raise by putting an equal bet on play or fold and lose the ante bet. If you fold, you lose the Pair plus bet if one was made.

If you raise, you can then go against the dealer’s hand. The dealer needs at least a queen high to qualify.

The Ante bet has an extra bonus that does not depend on the dealer’s hand. This bonus pays as indicated below according on the ante bet.

Extra Bonus on Ante Bet:
Hand Payoff
Straight Flush 5 to 1
Three of a kind 4 to 1
Straight 1 to 1

Three Card Poker is two games in one, PairPlus and Ante and Play. The player can bet on just one or both, and with different amounts. Both of the games are based on hands consisting of three cards.