How to Play Ties Win 3-Card Poker
Ties Win 3-Card Poker is an especially generous variation of one of the most popular casino games! It's a fast-paced game that is easy to learn and play.
Ties Win 3-Card Poker is two games in one. Players may bet against the dealer's hand or they may simply bet whether their hand will be a pair or better.
Our particular three card poker is perhaps the most generous anywhere in the world as:
- Players win all tied hands
- Our pairs plus bet has the highest payouts online
- Players may play three hands per game
- Only a single deck is used!
Ties Win 3-Card Poker offers up to three hands of 3-Card Poker. Start by placing a bet on one or more hands. You can choose to place a Pair Plus bet, an Ante bet, or both.
After you have placed your bets, click the 'Deal' button. A new, single deck is shuffled for each game. You are dealt three cards, face down, for each hand you have chosen to play. The dealer also receives three face down cards. Play starts from the right-most hand and continues to the left.
If you have placed an ante bet on the active hand, you must decide whether to play your hand and challenge the dealer, or whether to fold. If you click the Play button, a bet equal to your ante is placed on the Play bet spot. If you click the Fold button, you forfeit your Ante and forgo any Pairs Plus or Ante Bonus awards, and that hand is finished. If you have only placed a Pair Plus bet, there is no decision to make on this hand. Play will move on after the hand is revealed.
Once you have decided to play or fold each of your hands, the dealer's hand is revealed and each of your hands is compared against the dealer's to determine who wins. The dealer needs at least a Queen high card to qualify.
- If the dealer does not qualify, you are paid 1 to 1 on your ante bet and your play bet is returned.
- If the dealer qualifies and:
- If player's hand beats or ties the dealer's hand then both play bet and ante bet are paid 1 to 1.
- If the dealer's hand beats the player's hand the both play bet and ante bet are lost.
For each hand you chose to play, an ante bonus will be paid as per the Ante Bonus pay table provided your hand rank meets the rankings specified in the Ante Bonus pay table. You will not be paid Ante Bonus award for folded hands.
| Player's hand rank | Ante Bonus payout |
| Straight Flush | 5 to 1 |
| Three of a Kind | 4 to 1 |
| Straight | 1 to 1 |
For each played hand on which you have placed a Pair Plus bet and has a rank of pair or higher, you will be paid according to the Pair Plus pay table. You are not required to place an Ante bet to make a Pair Plus bet. The Pair Plus awards are independent of the Dealer's hand.
| Player's hand rank | Ante Bonus payout |
| Straight Flush | 40 to 1 |
| Three of a Kind | 30 to 1 |
| Straight | 6 to 1 |
| Flush | 4 to 1 |
| One Pair | 1 to 1 |
Following are the possible poker hand outcomes for Ties Win 3-Card Poker from highest to lowest. For two cards to have the same rank, they must have the same value (like two 6s or two Kings).
| Straight Flush: | Three cards of consecutive rank, all of the same suit. For example, 6-7-8 of Hearts. |
| Three of a Kind: | Three cards with the same rank. |
| Straight: | Three cards of consecutive rank of mixed suits. Ace can be high (as in Q-K-A) or low (as in A-2-3). |
| Flush: | Three cards of the same suit |
| Pair: | Two cards with the same rank. |
| High Card: | Three non-matching cards. |