Three Card Poker

2009-06-15 • Gugster • Views:817

Three Card Poker, also known as Tricard Poker or Trey Poker is a casino table game which is based on poker. But in Three Card Poker the hand rankings is a little bit different then from other poker-based games like Texas-Hold’em Poker. And in Three Card Poker, players are playing against the house. Three Card Poker is played both in traditional brick and mortar casinos and on online casinos.


Betsson Trey Card Poker-table.


Three Card Poker is actually two separate games in one,” pairplus” and “ante/play”. The numbers of card used in the game is 52. There are three ways to bet. The player can bet against the dealer (ante/play), only in the value of his own hand (pairplus), or both. And like many other casino games, the house has the edge over the players.


Three Card Poker Hand Ranking

1. Straight Flush
2. Three of a Kind
3. Straight
4. Flush
5. Pair
6. High Card


Three Card Poker Ante/Play
Players that are playing Ante/Play is playing his or her hand against the dealer hand. Highest hand will win. To play the game players are placing their bet on the Ante. The player will then receive three cards, and will have two options. Fold and lose his ante, or continuing playing by placing another bet equal to the first ante. If the player wins, the ante is paid out even money. And if the dealer hand was “qualified” by getting high card queen or better the player will get even money on both his ante and play bet. But if the dealer hand is higher than the player, the dealer takes both Ante and Play bets. The rules vary on what happens when the hand are exactly equal in value. An Ante bonus is paid out in Ante/Play depending on a certain hand, even if the dealers hand didn’t qualified.


Three Card Poker Pair Plus
When players a playing Pair Plus they are betting on their own hand. The player is paid on any pair or better. Different casinos have different payouts schedules.
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