3 Card Poker is perhaps my favorite poker in top online casinos. It has not many variants, as Craps, and not as complicated as Video Poker. To play it is a pleasure, the rules are simple, but the best strategy is elementary. This game is «for the rest». This online casino game can have a variety of names - Tri-Poker, Tree Card Poker, Poker Three.

Two games are combined in three card poker and the player can respectively make two types of bets - «PairPlus» and «Ante and Play». And, usually online casino does not bet on «PairPlus» more than «Ante and Play». A combination in three card stud poker consists of three cards, distributed at the hands of the player. Accordingly, in this game small-rate combinations are less frequent and larger rate combinations are more frequent than in the usual five-card poker.

Rules of Play Three Card Poker
As usual in poker, the player starts the game by making a bet «Ante», and, if desired, bid «Pairplus», after which he receives three cards. Assessing the effect of his hand, the player can take two decisions: off the card, or to continue the game. If a player refuses to play (Fold), he loses a bet «Ante». If the player continues to play (Raise), he puts «Play», twice the size «Ante».

Ante and Play
If a player decides to continue the game, his cards are compared to the dealer’s cards. In this case the minimum Dealer Game is The Queen or higher. If the dealer lacks the necessary combination, it is believed that the dealer is not qualified. Payment combinations occur as follows:
• The dealer is not qualified: «Ante» pays 1-to-1 rate «Play» returns;
• Dealer is qualified and the player wins: Play and Ante bets pay 1 to 1;
• Dealer is qualified, but the player lost: Play and Ante bets lose;
• Dealer is qualified, but the draw occurred: Play and Ante bets are returning players.

In addition, if the player has poker combinations better than a pair, the ante on the bonus payments are not dependent on the dealer’s cards:
Pairplus
In the case you play at a «Pairplus» bet it is still easier. You get the same three cards, but cards of the dealer do not have the value. You simply receive benefits, depending on given poker hand.

As in any poker, three card poker in online casino, there may be cases when the player and the dealer get the same combination of cards. In this case the winner is determined on the cards is not involved in combination, or the highest card in the three card combinations:
• both have no combinations - by the higher card;
• Equal pairs – by the third highest card;
• Street - by the highest card in Street;
• Flush - by the highest card of Flush.

The optimal strategy for Three Card Poker poker
The optimal strategy for this game is extremely simple. It can be fit in two lines:
• Always play, if you have cards in their hands «Queen, 6, 4», or higher;
• discard all other cases;