Three Card Poker Rules Three Card Poker is two games in one, PairPlus and Ante and Play. The player may bet on either one or both, and in different amounts. Both games are based on hands consisting of three cards.
Pair Plus
This is a simple game in which you are dealt three cards and are paid according to their value. The dealer's hand is not involved. There is no raising or discarding. Below is the payoff table for Pairplus.
Payoff Table for Pair Plus
| Hand | Payout |
| Straight Flush | 40 to 1 |
| Three of a Kind | 30 to 1 |
| Straight | 6 to 1 |
| Flush | 4 to 1 |
| Pair | 1 to 1 |
Ante and PlayBefore cards are dealt the player makes an Ante wager. After being dealt a hand of three cards the player may either :
1. Fold and lose the ante bet.
2. Play and make a further wager equal to the ante bet.
If the player decides to make the Play bet the dealer's hand is revealed and a showdown occurs. If the dealer has a Queen high or better the hand is said to qualify. The result of the hand is determined as follows with the rank of hands compared if the dealer qualifies :
| Result | Ante bet Pays | Play Bet Pays |
| Dealer does not qualify | Win Even Money | Push |
| Dealer qualifies, player's hand wins | Win Even Money | Win Even Money |
| Dealer qualifies, player's hand ties | Push | Push |
| Dealer qualifies, player's hand loses | Lose | Lose |
If the player hand consists of a straight or better a bonus is paid on the Ante bet not depending on the dealer's hand or whether the player wins or loses.
Extra Bonus on Ante Bet
| Hand | Bonus Payout |
| Straight Flush | 5 to 1 |
| Three of a Kind | 4 to 1 |
| Straight | 1 to 1 |
