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CasinoGlow.com presents: 3 card poker strategy. The smart way to win more.
3 Card Poker is a fun and easy game to play and on our previous video, we introduced and
explained about the game, whether you’re new to it or not.
However, even though it is an easy game to play, there is still a strategy to the game
that learning and mastering it will allow you to get the most out of the game and win
more in the long run, thus have more fun and win more money.
In this video, we will introduce to you a simple 3 Card Poker strategy to get the most
out of the game, and talk about pay tables and odds for pair plus, the frequency of winning
hands, and basic strategy for the ante-play combination.
Let’s begin. Pair Plus Odds.
Whenever you bet on Pair Plus, you win every time that your cards make a pair, flush, straight,
three of a kind or straight flush. Here are the different combinations for each
hand rank: Straight flush – 48 possible hands
Three of a kind – 52 possible hands Straight – 720 possible hands
Flush – 1,096 possible hands Pair – 3,744 possible hands
As mentioned already on our previous video, flushes occur more often than straights, and
that is why when you bet Pair Plus, you will win more money when making a straight than
when making a flush. You will also find a mini-royal at the top
of the pay table in some casinos. These Mini-royals consist of Ace, King and Queen of the same
suit. There are four possible mini-royal hands,
which are one for each suit. In Pair Plus, in order to win really big,
you’ll have to make hands like a straight flush or three of a kind, and in some casinos,
a mini-royal. Payoffs may be slightly different from one
casino to another, but all payoffs start at 1-1 on a pair.
A hand like the straight flush will usually pay a 40-1 payoff and the three of a kind
hand will pay 30-1. Mini-royals can pay 50-1, 100-1 and even 200-1.
Example: If you make a straight flush and get paid 40-1, that means that if you bet
$5, you will win $200 and keep your $5 wager.
A mini-royal hand that pays 100-1, means that betting $5 and making the mini-royal will
win for you $500, and you will also keep your wager.
The big-paying hands may not pay as much as those in five-card games, but they do occur
more often. Royal flushes in five-card poker occur only once per 649,740 hands.
Here is the frequency of paying hands in Pair Plus:
Mini-royal – 1 in 5,525 hands Straight flush in a game with mini-royal – 1
in 502 hands Straight flush in a game without mini-royal
– 1 in 460 hands Three of a kind – 1 in 425 hands
Straight – 1 in 31 hands Flush – 1 in 20 hands
Pair – 1 in 6 hands When the game of 3 Card Poker was invented,
there was one available pay table for Pair Plus. You’d get 40-1 on a straight flush,
30-1 on three of a kind, 6-1 on a straight, 4-1 on a flush and 1-1 on a pair for a house
edge of 2.32%. In live casinos today, the most common pay
table is 40-1 on Straight flush, 30-1 on Three of a kind, 6-1 on Straight, 3-1 on Flush,
and 1-1 on Pair, with the house edge being 7.28%
Some online casinos even offer a pay of 5-1 on straights and 4-1 on flushes.
In Pair Plus, you do not have to beat the dealer in order to win, but there’s also
nothing you can do to change the cards you are dealt.
That means that the primary skill in Pair Plus is seeking out the most favorable pay
tables to get paid the most when you win with your hand.
Ante-Play Odds and Strategy The ante-play combination is a bet where your
hand will beat the hand of the dealer. If you recall from our previous video, you
begin with an ante. After you’ve seen your cards, you may either fold or make a play
bet that is equal to your ante. If you decide to bet and the dealer does not
have Queen or better, the dealer does not play, and you win a 1-1 payoff on your ante
and your bet pushes, regardless of whether your hand beats the dealer.
If the dealer has Queen or better, then the dealer plays, and you must beat the dealer
in order to win. If you win, you’re paid 1-1 on both ante
and play bet. If you lose, the dealer takes both your ante and bet.
If your highest card and the dealer’s highest card are the same, the tie is broken by the
second-highest card. If your highest and second-highest cards are
the same, then the tie is broken by the third-highest card.
If it happens to be that all three cards are the same, the hand is a tie and your bets
are returned to you. (use same pic of 4.8) Ante-Play Strategy
When it comes to basic ante-play strategy, you should bet whenever you get a combination
of Queen-6-4 or better. If your hand is not at least that high, you
should fold it. So, basically, you should bet on any pair
or better, if it’s a winner on the Pair Plus pay table, make the bet in the ante-play
combo. If you don’t have a pair or better, make
the play bet any time your high card is an Ace or a King, no matter how high your other
two cards are. If your high card is a Jack or lower, fold
that hand, no matter how high your other two cards are.
The dividing line comes when you do not have a pair or better and your highest card is
a Queen. In that case, the decision depends on your second card, and sometimes even on
your third card. Here are the basic strategy guidelines for
making the play bet if you do not have a pair or better and your high card is a Queen:
Bet on a Queen-high hand if your second highest
card is a 7 or higher, no matter what your third card is.
Bet on a Queen-high hand if your second highest card is a 6 only and if your third card is
a 4 or a 5. Fold a Queen-high hand if your second-highest
card is a 6, if your third card is a 2 or a 3.
Fold a Queen-high hand if your second-highest card is a 5 or lower, no matter what your
third card is. Here are a few examples:
Ace-7-5 = Bet
Ace-10-3 = Bet Jack-10-6 = Fold
Q-5-4 = Fold
Q-6-4 = Bet
The Ante Bonus and The House Edge Any time you make a straight, three of a kind
or straight flush with your hand, you get paid an ante bonus.
The bonuses are paid on your ante, and the play bet does not figure into the bonuses.
If your hand is good enough, you win the ante bonus even if you don’t beat the dealer.
House edge as a percentage of the ante sets a baseline for average losses.
If you would have always bet the ante with $5 a hand, your losses would average a little
less than 17 cents per hand. In 100 hands with $5 antes, if you played the Queen-6-4
basic strategy, you would expect an average loss of $16.85.
However, that strategy includes making a play bet equal to your ante about two-thirds of
the time. If you start with $5 antes, then in 100 hands
you will still average $16.85 in losses, but your ante-play wagering total will be a little
more than $840. The 2.01% house edge is the percentage of
that wagering total that the house expects to keep. That makes the Three Card Poker ante-play
combination one of the better casino bets. Three Card Poker is a game that gives you
a reasonable shot to win and also gives you a chance to win some big payoffs that can lead
to a nice winning session. Thank you for watching.
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