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Vegas Style 3 Card Poker Online Game
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An initial trial run in Las Vegas brought mixed results, but Three Card Poker then broke through as a popular favorite in the U.S. State of Mississippi. Today, Three Card Poker is a standard offering in live casinos and online casinos alike. There are several reasons players like. 3 CARD POKER STRATEGY. As easy as Three Card Poker is to play, getting the most out of the game requires understanding the odds and learning a simple strategy. In this chapter, you’ll learn the frequency of winning hands, pay tables and odds for Pair Plus, and basic strategy for the ante-play combination.

Introduction

3 Card Draw Poker could be compared to conventional Three Card Poker but with the option to switch a card. In addition, the dealer always qualifies. The take-back is that the dealer starts with four cards and makes his best three-card hand out of them.

The game appeared at the Tropicana in Atlantic City in late 2017 and I hear has also been seen in the United Kingdom somewhere.

Rules

A single 52-card deck is used.
All cards and hands are scored as in poker. The order of hands is as follows:
- Straight flush
- Three of a kind
- Straight
- Flush
- Pair
- All other
Play begins with the player making an Ante bet. There is also an optional First 3 Bonus side bet that may be made at this time.
All players receive three cards and the dealer four cards, all face down.
After checking his own hand, the player has the following options:
- Make a Raise bet, equal to the Ante bet, and stand
- Make a Raise, equal to the Ante bet, and exchange one card for the next card in the deck.
- Fold
If the player discards, the new card will be kept separate from the other two, for purposes of adjudicating the First 3 Bonus side bet.
The dealer will turn over his cards and select the three that form the hand of the highest poker value.
The player and dealer hands shall be compared, the higher hand wins.
If the player has the higher hand, then the Ante and Raise bets shall pay even money.
If the dealer has the higher hand, then the Ante and Raise bets shall lose.
If the player and dealer tie, then the Ante and Raise bets shall push.
If the player has a straight or higher, then he shall win the 'In to Win Bonus.' Note that it is not required to beat the dealer to qualify for this bonus. There are two known pay tables, as shown below.
The First 3 Bonus will be adjudicated according to the player's initial three cards. If the player stood, it will be obvious what they were. If the player drew, then the only possible First 3 Bonus win will be a pair. I assume the dealer will assume the player would have stood with a flush or higher. A pay table for the First 3 Bonus appears below.

Following are the In to Win Bonus pay tables for both the United Kingdom and Atlantic City.

In to Win Bonus

Event	Atlantic City Pay Table	U.K. Pay Table
Mini Royal	20	20
Straight Flush	6	10
Trips	5	5
Straight	1	1

Following is the First 3 Bonus pay table as seen in the video below. All wins are on a 'to one' basis.

First 3 Bonus

Event	Pays
Mini Royal	100
Straight Flush	50
Trips	30
Straight	6
Flush	3
Pair	1

Atlantic City Rules Analysis

The following table shows the probability and contribution to the return for all possible events under the Atlantic City pay table on the In to Win Bonus.

Atlantic City Rules Analysis

Event	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Win, Mini Royal	22	105,779,700	0.000502	0.011044
Win, Straight Flush	8	1,125,628,080	0.005342	0.042736
Win, Trips	7	1,917,122,064	0.009098	0.063689
Win, Straight	3	15,053,855,460	0.071443	0.214330
Win, Flush	2	20,422,535,496	0.096922	0.193844
Win, Pair	2	30,486,111,084	0.144682	0.289365
Win, High Card	2	21,961,798,332	0.104227	0.208455
Lose, Mini Royal	18	-	0.000000	0.000000
Lose, Straight Flush	4	5,299,572	0.000025	0.000101
Lose, Trips	3	26,342,976	0.000125	0.000375
Lose, Straight	-1	1,076,861,220	0.005111	-0.005111
Lose, Flush	-2	5,158,910,832	0.024483	-0.048967
Lose, Pair	-2	20,886,646,560	0.099125	-0.198250
Lose, High Card	-2	77,157,616,680	0.366178	-0.732356
Push, Mini Royal	20	71,820	0.000000	0.000007
Push, Straight Flush	6	749,628	0.000004	0.000021
Push, Trips	5	-	0.000000	0.000000
Push, Straight	1	78,575,640	0.000373	0.000373
Push, Flush	0	12,828,552	0.000061	0.000000
Push, Pair	0	15,042,036	0.000071	0.000000
Push, High Card	0	116,384,988	0.000552	0.000000
Fold	-1	15,102,521,280	0.071674	-0.071674
Total	210,710,682,000	1.000000	-0.032018

The lower right cell in the table above reflects a house edge of 3.20%. On average, the player will raise 92.8326% of the time, for a final average wager of 1.928326 units. This makes the Element of Risk, defined as the ratio of the expected player loss to the total amount bet, what I think is a good measurement of player value, 3.2018%/1.928326 = 1.66%.

United Kingdom Rules Analysis

The following table shows the probability and contribution to the return for all possible events under the United Kingdom pay table on the In to Win Bonus.

United Kingdom Rules Analysis

Event	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Win, Mini Royal	22	105,779,700	0.000502	0.011044
Win, Straight Flush	12	1,134,919,164	0.005386	0.064634
Win, Trips	7	1,917,122,064	0.009098	0.063689
Win, Straight	3	15,070,574,952	0.071523	0.214568
Win, Flush	2	20,495,098,320	0.097267	0.194533
Win, Pair	2	30,481,490,028	0.144660	0.289321
Win, High Card	2	21,846,027,168	0.103678	0.207356
Lose, Mini Royal	18	-	0.000000	0.000000
Lose, Straight Flush	8	5,341,992	0.000025	0.000203
Lose, Trips	3	26,342,976	0.000125	0.000375
Lose, Straight	-1	1,078,736,988	0.005120	-0.005120
Lose, Flush	-2	5,179,699,308	0.024582	-0.049164
Lose, Pair	-2	20,891,280,624	0.099147	-0.1

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