How To Play Three Card Poker 13 Steps With Pictures

If you’re at a casino, place the amount of poker chips you wish to bet on the space labeled Ante. At home, you’ll need a way to designate each player’s Ante, Play, and Pair Plus® bets without getting them confused. Some casinos require that each player places an Ante bet, while others allow the player to bet solely on Pair Plus® (see below). Casinos often have a “table minimum”, requiring each bet to be at least the posted amount.

This also occurs before cards are dealt. This bet is named “pair plus” due to its payout on any hand with at least a pair or better.

Each player looks at his own hand. There is no need for the dealer to do so.

In order to have the Ante bet stand, you must place an equal amount of money on the space designated Play. If you decide to Fold instead, the dealer takes your Ante bet and you cannot win that wager. In some casinos, folding will forfeit your Pair Plus® bet as well, if you made one. [5] X Research source

If a player Folded and did not place a Pair Plus® bet, the dealer usually takes his cards before hands are turned face up, since that player has no wager left standing.

If the dealer’s hand is High Card Jack or lower (“Jack High”), the dealer pays each player equal to that player’s Ante bet (“even money”) and returns each player’s Ante and Play bets. If the dealer’s hand is High Card Queen or better (“Queen High”), but worse than a player’s hand, the dealer pays that player an amount equal to the player’s Ante and Play bets combined and returns those bets. If the dealer has Queen High or a better hand, and exactly equal to a player’s hand, the dealer returns that player’s Ante and Play bets but pays no money. If the dealer has Queen High or better and beats a player’s hand, the dealer keeps that player’s Ante and Play bets.

Pair Plus Reward Hand Payout Straight Flush 40:1 Three of a Kind 30:1 Straight 6:1 Flush 3:1 Pair 1:1 High Card Player loses bet

3 of a Kind. All 3 cards have the same point value or the same face printed on the card. Straight Flush. The 3 cards are in sequential point value and of the same suit. Flush. The 3 cards are all of the same suit. Straight. The 3 cards are in sequential point value. Pair. Any 2 of the 3 cards have the same face point value. High Card. The 3 cards do not match any of the groupings above. The highest value card is the value of the hand.

In order to play with any other additional “house rules”, every player must agree to them before the game begins.

Deal these cards face down and clockwise, starting with the player to the dealer’s left. Players may look only at their own card.

Open the betting. The player places any amount of money (or other wagered items) in the center of the table (in the pot). Check. The player does not bet at this time but is still in this round. Fold. The player withdraws from the current round. She takes no more actions until the next hand is dealt. Note: If every player checks, skip straight to dealing the next card. You may wish to agree on a minimum or maximum bet.

Call. The player matches the amount of the previously made bet, placing that amount in the pot. Raise. The player matches the amount of a previously announced bet, and adds an additional amount of money to it (their choice). Fold. As before, the player withdraws from this round.

Each player should add the new card to their (now 2-card) hand and keep them secret from other players.

If all but one player decides to Fold, the remaining player wins the pot.

The one exception comes up when comparing two hands of pairs. In this case the highest pair wins, not the highest cards. (For example, a 4-4-6 beats 2-2-10).