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It's fast. It's furious. It's Three Card Poker
at Sandia Resort & Casino. Come and play. You'll see why this exciting game is so popular.
In Three Card Poker both the player and the dealer get three cards. There are two different bets that the player can make:
Pair Plus = the player bets if his hand will have a pair or better, and Ante = the player competes with the dealer.
The player can wager on either the Pair Plus bet or the Ante bet, or both. After the player places his bets, both the player and the dealer receive three cards. If the player bets on Pair Plus, he is paid according to the Pair Plus Payout Table if his hand contains a pair or better. If the player bets on Ante, he must now decide either to fold, or to raise and challenge the dealer. If the player chooses to fold, he loses the Ante bet and the Pair Plus bet (if one was placed) and the game is over. If the player chooses to raise, he bets an additional amount equal to the ante bet, the dealer reveals his cards and a winner is determined.
Payouts are made if there was a winner, and the game is over. To determine the game winner after the player has raised, the dealer's hand must first "qualify". The dealer's hand qualifies if it ranks as High Card with a Queen or ranks as a Pair or better. If the dealer's hand does not qualify, the player wins 1-to-1 on the ante bet and "pushes" the raise bet (the player gets the raise bet back without winning or losing).
If the dealer's hand does qualify, the best ranking hand wins. If the player's hand ranks higher, the player wins 1 to 1 on both the ante and raise bets, and wins the raise bet calculated according to the Raise Pay Table. If the dealer's hand ranks higher, the player loses both the ante bet and the raise bet. If both the dealer's hand and the player's hand have the same rank, the highest-ranking card determines the winner. Finally, if the dealer's hand ties the player's hand both the ante bet and the raise bet are pushed back to the player.
If the player places an ante bet, raises the bet, and his hand contains a straight, three of a kind, or a straight flush, he is paid a bonus according to the Ante Bonus Payout Table (regardless of whether or not the dealer qualifies.)
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