Play 3 Card Poker Online 2024

Ante

At the start of each hand, the player will have to place a bet called the Ante or wager, which is obligatory. You won’t receive any cards at all until you’ve paid it, with the minimum and maximum ante and play bets varying massively from one 3 card poker casino to another.

Paying the Ante gives you the right to receive your three cards, and to then decide what you want to do with them, as we’ll see in a minute.

6-Card Bonus

If you want to have yet another side bet going, you can put some money on the 6-Card Bonus as well. As the name suggests, you’re betting on getting a strong hand based on the combination of your three cards and the Dealer’s three cards. The minimum you’ll need using the six cards to get a payout is Three of a Kind which pays 5/1. The other hands and the odds at which they’re paid out are as follows:

Straight (10/1)
Flush (20/1)
Full House (25/1)
Four of a Kind (50/1)
Straight Flush (200/1)
Royal Flush (1000/1)

In this case, the Dealer’s hand is extremely important in that it makes up half of the 6 cards but again, you’re not trying to beat the Dealer with this side bet.

Paying out on other bets

Once the Player v Dealer bets have been settled one way or another, it’s time to look at the other bets, if you decided to place some side ones.

So, the Casino will pay out on any winners on the Pair Plus and 6-Card Bonus side bets if you placed them and they turned out to be winners.

The Casino will automatically use the paytable, and then just multiply the value of your stake by the odds at which your hand is paid out at, both on the Pair Plus and the 6-Card Bonus. Winnings are paid in a matter of seconds, so you bank them super quickly and move on.

Pair Plus

If you have a good vibe about your next hand and think it’s a going to be a good one, you might want to pay to have the ‘Pair Plus’ going for you.

Essentially, you’re betting that with your three cards, you’ll have at least a pair. If you do, you get paid out 1/1 or even money, if you prefer. A Flush pays 4/1, a Straight 5/1, Three of a Kind 30/1 and a Straight Flush 40/1. The Pair Plus pays out irrespective of what the Dealer has, so in that sense it’s a bet that applies purely to your hand, not the Dealers. The stake to play Pair Plus can be pretty much whatever you want, within the House limits, of course.

The Dealer’s Hand

The Dealer is dealt three cards. The key element here is whether the Dealer has at least a Queen.

If they do, then they have what’s called a Qualifying Hand and you go to battle against the Dealer.

If you have a King and they have Queen, you win. And if you have a straight and the Dealer has a Flush, then the Dealer wins.

If the Dealer does have a Qualifying hand and you beat them, you get paid out at even money on both the Ante bet and the Play bet.

If you decide to Play, but the Dealer doesn’t have at least a Queen High, then you’d beat them. However, you don’t get paid out on the Play bet.

If you have the exact hand as the Dealer, then the hand is a push.

The Deal

3 Card Poker uses a regular deck of 52 cards without any Jokers or other Wild Cards. The hierarchy of the hands is pretty much the same as in any other type of Poker.

Once you’ve received your hand, it’s time to decide whether you’re going to Play or Fold. Folding sees you lose your Ante bet.

If you decide to Play, it will cost you the same as the value of your Ante bet, so if the Ante was 15 Dollars, you’d have to pay another 15 Dollars just to see what the dealer is holding.