Three Card Poker Strategy
Three Card Poker – Rules and Strategies
Introduction:
The 3 Card Poker game is actually a collection of two Poker games. First is the Ante and Play game where the players play against the card dealer to determine who wins. The person with the highest value wins. The next is the Pair Plus game where the person is betting on if the cards being dealt consist of a pair. If it is not a pair then it should be a couple of higher valued cards in order for the player to win against the dealer. In most of the Casinos, there is a rule that the person has to place an bet for the Ante game before he can place a bet for the second part of the 3 card poker game, the Pair plus game.
The Game-play:
There are three areas, the Ante, the Play, and the Pair Plus, in which a player can place his bet. The player sets his bets for the games until the minimum amount the person has to bet has been reached and the game is started with each player being dealt with three cards from the shuffling machine. The win or loss of a round is based upon the value of the dealer’s hand of cards. If the dealer does not have a higher value card than a queen, he has to fold and give money to the bets placed in the Ante circle and the bets in the Play circle is returned. If he has a higher than queen card all other player cards are checked and the person who has the highest value cards would be the winner and would take the betted amount.
Strategy and Rules:
The best strategy for the Ante game in 3 Card Poker is that if the card that was dealt is of lower value than Queen, 6, 4 then you should fold. If not then you should continue playing and make the Play bet if the hand is of higher value. The condition can be checked by looking at the first card, if it is a queen or a higher valued card then do not fold. If second card is of higher value than 6 continue the play regardless of the third card. If it is lower than 6 in value then fold.
The Pair Plus game too has a simple strategy. It is based on if the three hand cards are a pair or higher valued hand. It does not matter if the dealer has a higher hand or not, it is based only on the cards that you have. If the cards that has been dealt is a pair or a couple of higher valued cards, then you win else you lose the game. It is more of a chance game and the probability of getting a pair is about 25%, which is a very good probability.
Conclusion:
The popularity is mainly due to the easy game-play and is fun with a lot of comradeship to beat the dealer since the players are not playing against each other.