How to Play
Three-Card Poker
To play the Three-Card Poker, simply take the following steps:
First: Make your bet
In the lower part of the screen you have a row of
chips of different value. To make
your wager, click on the chip you want to bet and drag it
to the Ante Bet circle or the Pair+ rhomb. You can bet any number of chips up
to an added value of $100 in each of these two wagers. If you change your mind about
a bet, you also can withdraw chips from it before any cards are
dealt, by dragging the chips with the mouse outside the betting positions.
You can play with only the Ante Bet, only the PairPlus bet or both. They are
independent bets. The game won't let you raise the ante bet to a value higher
that half the balance you have. This is because you must reserve money enough
to cover for a possible Play Bet.
Second: Deal cards
When you are done
making your bets, click on the "
DEAL" button, which is activated once the a bet is placed.
The machine deals you three cards face-up and three cards face down go to
the dealer.
Third: Decide about play or
fold
In the
Rules
page you can see the list of winning poker hands with three cards.
If you think that you have a good chance of beating
the dealer's hand, then click on the "PLAY" button,
otherwise click on the "FOLD" button. If you choose
"PLAY", a third Play Bet of the same value than the Ante Bet
is automatically placed and subtracted from your balance. Then the
dealer shows her hand, both hands are evaluated, the prize, if any, is
automatically paid to you and the hand is over. If you choose
"FOLD", the hand is over and you loose your Ante Bet and
your Pair Plus bet if you placed one.
How hands are compared
The winner
is the hand with the higher rank, according to the hands table in the
Rules
page. In case of a tie, for example, if
both player and dealer have a pair, the winner is the hand with the higher
pair. If the tie still persists, then the remaining cards are taken into account
and the winner is the hand with higher remaining cards. Suit does not count
in hand evaluation.
Winnings
You can win four
different prizes:
a) The PairPlus prize. It does not depend on the dealers hand.
You can see the payoff table for these prizes on the upper left corner
of the screen. If your hand qualifies for a PairPlus prize, it is
always paid to you regardless of what the dealer may have.
b) The Ante Bet Extra Bonus.
The payoff table for these prices is found below the PairPlus prizes, at
the left of the screen. As with the PairPlus bet, if
your hand qualifies for an Ante Bet Extra Bonus prize, it is always
paid to you regardless of what the dealer may have.
c) The Ante Bet prize. It is paid
only if your hand beats the dealer's hand. Payoff is 1:1. If there is
a tie or push your Ante Bet is returned to you.
d) The Play Bet prize: It is paid
only if your hand beats the dealer's hand. Payoff is 1:1. If there is
a tie or push your Play Bet is returned to you.
In the upper right corner of the
screen you can see four indicators showing your winnings in each of
the four prizes. At the lower right there is an indicator
entitled "You Won". It shows the net total winnings
of the hand, that is, the prizes won less the bets lost.
Dealer plays only with a Queen or
higher
If the dealer has a hand with nothing of value equal or higher than a
Queen, then the dealer does not qualify. In this this case the player
automatically wins the Ante Bet, which is paid 1:1, and the Play Bet
is returned to the player with no winnings.
Sound
The game is loaded
in silent mode. To activate sound, click on the
"Sound" button located at the lower left part of the
screen. It will take a few seconds to load the sound
files and you will hear them as they are being loaded.
The sound will stay active while the "Sound"
button remains depressed. A second mouse click on this
button will release it and return to silent mode.
Prizes and Rules
To learn
about winning hands, prizes and the rules of the game click here:
Rules
.
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