Free 3 Card Poker

Three cards for you, three for the dealer. Bet the Ante, decide to play or fold, and add Pair Plus if you like. The strategy hint shows the optimal decision on every hand. 5,000 in play chips, no account.

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Balance: 5,000
Last win: 0

Dealer

Dealer plays with Queen high or better

Ante bonus: straight 1 to 1 · three of a kind 4 to 1 · straight flush 5 to 1

You

Play

Put a chip on the Ante (and on Pair Plus if you like), then Deal.

Total bet0

Your session

Play a hand: your results will show here.

Keyboard: Enter deals, P plays, F folds.

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house edge on the Ante with the best strategy: 3.37%
the hand to play with, or better: Q-6-4
of hands worth playing: 67.4%
house edge on Pair Plus: 6.75%

How to play 3 Card Poker

Put a chip on the Ante. Pair Plus is an optional side bet on your own hand.
You and the dealer get three cards each. Look at yours: play by adding a Play bet equal to your Ante, or fold and lose the Ante.
The dealer turns over and needs a Queen high or better to qualify. If not, your Ante pays 1 to 1 and your Play bet comes back.
If the dealer qualifies, the better hand wins: Ante and Play both pay 1 to 1, or both lose; a tie is a push.
Whatever the dealer holds, a straight, three of a kind or straight flush earns an Ante bonus of 1, 4 or 5 to 1. Pair Plus pays on your hand alone, even if you fold.

Three card poker hand rankings

With three cards, a straight is rarer than a flush, so it ranks higher. A-2-3 is the lowest straight and A-K-Q the highest.

Hand	Example	Chance
Straight flush	7♥ 8♥ 9♥	0.22%
Three of a kind	5♠ 5♥ 5♦	0.24%
Straight	9♣ 10♦ J♠	3.26%
Flush	2♦ 7♦ K♦	4.96%
Pair	Q♠ Q♣ 4♥	16.94%
High card	A♠ 9♦ 3♣	74.39%

Chances of each hand in three cards from a 52-card deck, over all 22,100 possible hands.

3 Card Poker strategy: Queen-6-4

Play every hand that is Queen-6-4 or better, and fold the rest. That simple rule is exactly the best decision: checked on each of the 22,100 hands you can hold against every dealer hand, it never disagrees with the choice that loses the least.

Following it, you play 67.4% of your hands, and the house keeps 3.37% of your Ante, or 2.01% of all the money you bet. When you play, you win 35.5% of the time, the dealer does not qualify 31.1% of the time, and you lose 33.3%.

Pair Plus: pay tables and house edge

Pair Plus is paid on your three cards alone, whatever the dealer has. Its price depends on the pay table printed on the table, so read it first. This table uses the most common one, 40-25-5-4-1.

Pay table (straight flush / three of a kind / straight / flush / pair)	House edge
40 / 30 / 6 / 4 / 1	2.32%
35 / 33 / 6 / 4 / 1	2.70%
40 / 25 / 5 / 4 / 1 (this table)	6.75%
40 / 30 / 6 / 3 / 1	7.28%

Exact figures over all 22,100 three-card hands.

3 Card Poker: questions

Is this 3 Card Poker game free?

Yes. You play with 5,000 in play chips that have no cash value, with no account or download, and you can reset the balance at any time.

What is the best strategy in 3 Card Poker?

Play with Queen-6-4 or better and fold everything else. It is the optimal decision on every hand and brings the house edge down to 3.37% of the Ante.

What happens when the dealer does not qualify?

The dealer needs a Queen high or better. Without it, your Ante pays 1 to 1 and your Play bet is returned, whatever your hand.

Is Pair Plus worth it?

It costs more than the main game: 6.75% on this table against 2.01% of your total bet on Ante and Play. It pays often (a pair or better one hand in four) but it is not the cheap bet.

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