The dealer qualifies with queen high or better. The dealer needs to “qualify” to play the hand. If the player raises and chooses to play the hand, then dealer is dealt a 3-card poker hand as well. Notice that in 3-card-poker the straight is ranked higher than flush and 3 of a kind is the second highest hand.Īfter getting the 3-card hand, the player must choose to either fold his hand, losing the ante bet, or raise the hand doubling his bet.

Straight (three unsuited consecutive cards).

Straight flush (three suited consecutive cards).

The hands are ranked in the following order: After placing ante bet the player is dealt a 3-card poker hand. The basic bet in Three Card Poker is Ante & Play. Three Card Poker is available at all major casino softwares. The house edge of 3-card poker is medium. Some large wins can make the game interesting to play but it also results in high variance.

Three Card Poker (found under the name Poker Three in Playtech software) is a table poker game using 3-card poker hands.

3 card poker betting strategies