Three Card Poker

How to play Three Card Poker

Rules

1. 1Set your Ante (10–50 points) and press Deal. You get three cards face-up; the dealer's three are hidden.
2. 2Decide once: Play matches your ante with an equal Play bet (total stake = 2 × ante), or Fold forfeits the ante and ends the hand.
3. 3On Play, the dealer needs Queen-high or better to qualify. If the dealer doesn't qualify, your Ante pays 1:1 and the Play bet pushes.
4. 4If the dealer qualifies, the higher three-card hand wins both the Ante and the Play at 1:1; a tie pushes both. Hand order: straight flush > three of a kind > straight > flush > pair > high card.
5. 5The Ante Bonus pays on your hand no matter what: straight 1:1, three of a kind 4:1, straight flush 5:1 — even if you lose or the dealer doesn't qualify.
6. 6Every card is dealt by a cryptographic shuffle and the dealer's hand is sealed server-side before you decide — the same idea behind provably-fair play.
7. 7Wins are capped at +500 points per round, plus a daily ceiling, so a big straight-flush hand may be trimmed to the cap.

Tips from Jérôme

• 💡The textbook strategy is simple: Play any hand of Queen-Six-Four or better, otherwise fold. That single rule is what keeps the house edge near its minimum.
• 💡Folding marginal junk isn't weakness — it's the math. Playing every hand donates roughly an extra percent of edge to the table over time.
• 💡Remember three of a kind beats a straight in the three-card game. With only three cards, runs are far more common than trips, so the ranking is flipped from five-card poker.
• 💡The Ante Bonus is paid on your hand alone — you collect on a straight-or-better even when the dealer wins the showdown, so a strong hand is never a total loss.
• 💡It's virtual points and just for fun — pick an ante you're happy to lose, enjoy the one-decision tension, and stop when you said you would.