Note: Not all casinos pay out for Mini Royal Flushes. If you fold your hand you lose 2 units.ģ Card Poker hands rank slightly different than regular poker. So if you play your hand you are betting 3 units. The amount of the win depends on the winning players cards. The player wins by having a better hand than the dealer. If the dealer qualifies they can then win if they have a better hand than the player. In order to win the dealer must “qualify” with at least a Queen. After all of the players bet the dealer turns over their cards. If the player likes their cards and wants to play they put another bet in the Play circle.
After the cards are dealt the players may look at their cards. Using a deck of 52 cards 3 cards are then dealt, face down, to each player. First the players bet on the Ante and/or Pair Plus areas. I don’t consider my strategy optimal or perfect because I haven’t done the math to prove whether or not it is optimal. I thought I would offer my strategy versus optimal stategy from Wizard of Odds. This isn’t normal for me as I usually mix games up, but it’s how the trip went. After my trip to Las Vegas I realized that I played 3 card poker more than any other table game.