Three-Card Poker also called Tricard poker is a poker-based game that has recently become somewhat popular in American casinos. It actually consists of two separate games, Pairplus and Ante and Play. The players can choose to play either or both of the games.

Pairplus
Pairplus is a simple bet on the cards with a payout for all hands of a pair or better. Click on the "Payouts Chart" in the lower right corner of the game for the current payout chart.

See the Help section of the game for detailed information and game rules.

Ante and Play
For Ante and Play, the player places an "ante" bet before receiving his cards. With this information, the player can fold his cards and lose the ante bet, or raise by placing out a bet of equal money to the ante bet. If he chooses to play, there are three possibilities.

The first is that the dealer does not "qualify". To qualify, the dealer must have a hand of a Queen High or better. If the dealer does not qualify, the ante bet is paid out even money, but the play bet is simply returned.

If the dealer does qualify, the player wins if his hand is of higher value than the dealer's, and gets paid out even money on both his ante and play bets.

If the dealer's hand is of higher value, the dealer takes the Ante and Play bets.

In addition to normal Ante and Play game play, there is a bonus payout on the ante bet for especially good hands.

These bonus payouts are paid only on the ante bet for the player who chooses to play, regardless of whether the dealer qualifies or whether the player wins or loses. Click on the "Payouts Chart" in the lower right corner of the game for the current payout chart.

See the Help section of the game for detailed information and game rules.