Three cards each against the dealer: the better poker hand wins. The dealer plays with a queen high or better. Not qualifying: the Ante pays 1 to 1, the Play pushes. Qualifying: the better hand wins the Ante and the Play, even money. The Ante Bonus and Pair Plus pay whatever the dealer has.
Play money only: nothing to buy, no sign-up. The same rules and payouts as below.
The idea
You and the dealer get three cards each, and the better poker hand wins. Before the deal, bet the Ante (and Pair Plus, if you like). Then look at your cards and decide: Play — putting up as much again — or fold and give up the Ante.
What beats what
Highest first: straight flush, three of a kind, straight, flush, pair, then high card. With only three cards a straight is harder to get than a flush, so it ranks higher. Aces are high, or low in A-2-3.
The dealer has to qualify
The dealer needs a queen high or better to play. If they don’t have it, your Ante wins even money and your Play comes back. If they do, the better hand wins both bets, even money; a tie pushes.
When to play
The book: play queen-six-four or better — any pair, any queen high with a six or better behind it — and fold the rest. That keeps the house edge at 3.37% of your Ante. Leave “What the book says” on in Settings and the table tells you under your cards.
The Ante Bonus
Play a straight or better and the Ante pays a bonus — 1 to 1 for a straight, 4 to 1 for three of a kind, 5 to 1 for a straight flush — even if the dealer beats you.
Pair Plus and the 6 Card Bonus
Pair Plus pays on your three cards alone, whatever the dealer has — a pair pays even money, up to 40 to 1 for a straight flush — and it pays even if you fold. The 6 Card Bonus takes the best five cards of yours and the dealer’s together: three of a kind pays 7 to 1, a royal flush 1,000 to 1.
The tables
The Main Floor — Ante $5–$500; Pair Plus and the 6 Card Bonus $1–$100. The Lounge — Ante $25–$1,000; Pair Plus and the 6 Card Bonus $5–$250. High Limit — Ante $100–$5,000; Pair Plus and the 6 Card Bonus $25–$1,000. The rules and pays are the same at all three.
What every bet pays, and the house edge
The house edge is how much of each bet the casino keeps over the long run — the lower, the better for you.
Bet
Pays
House edge
Ante Your bet against the dealer. See your cards, then Play (as much again) or fold. Edge playing by the book.
1 to 1
3.37%
Play As much as the Ante, put up once you’ve seen your cards. Pushes when the dealer doesn’t qualify.
1 to 1
Ante Bonus Playing a straight or better, whatever the dealer has: Straight flush 5 · Three of a kind 4 · Straight 1 to 1.
Up to 5 to 1
Pair Plus Pays on a pair or better in your three cards — whatever the dealer has. Straight flush 40 · Three of a kind 30 · Straight 6 · Flush 4 · Pair 1 to 1.
Up to 40 to 1
2.32%
6 Card Bonus The best five of your three cards and the dealer’s three: three of a kind or better pays. Royal flush 1,000 · Straight flush 200 · Four of a kind 100 · Full house 20 · Flush 15 · Straight 10 · Three of a kind 7 to 1.
Up to 1,000 to 1
8.56%
Tips
The book plays queen-six-four or better, and folds the rest.
Pair Plus pays on your cards alone, even if you fold.
Match play from your host (a comp) waits by your rail: tap it and it goes beside your Ante. Put at least as much of your own on the Ante to match it. The Ante wins (the dealer not qualifying too) and the coupon pays even money; it loses, or you fold, and the coupon is taken; a tie and it stays for the next hand. With a coupon matched by an equal Ante, playing every hand beats folding any of them. The Ante Bonus is your own chips’ alone; never on Pair Plus or the 6 Card Bonus.
Tip the dealer: drag a chip onto their name tag, or tap the name. Tips are their own line in your stats.