Tri-Card Poker

Tri-card poker, by the numbers...

Tri-Card poker is one of the oldest forms of poker, and a favorite of many professional gamblers. Although it takes very little thought, it can be a very fun and high action game. There are two different bets available, pair plus is a bet which requires no skill. The player simply places the bet and hopes that he is dealt a hand that qualifies for the payout, a pair or better. This is completely independent of the dealer¡¯s hand. The pair plus bet is where the most money is won. The ante/play bet is a more strategy oriented play. In this the player must decide after seeing his three cards whether or not his hand will beat the dealer¡¯s, if he feels it will he puts out another bet equal to his original one, and if he doesn¡¯t he folds. This raise bet is only paid out if the dealer¡¯s hand ¡°qualifies¡± which means it contains queen high or greater. The ante bet only pays 1-1 so that is what makes the pair plus such a crucial bet for someone looking to make big money. The strategy involved in the ante wager can be removed quite easily.

Unlike blackjack where there are many factors involved in playing the optimal strategy statistically, in tri-card poker all you have to remember is Q-6-4. That is the cutoff hand for when to raise, and when to fold for the ante wager. So you should raise with anything equal or greater to that, which means a hand containing a card higher then a queen or, a hand with a queen in it where the second card is equal or higher then a six. This system is very easy to implement and can produce a razor thin house edge of 3.4% which is less then blackjack, and most other games. There is also strategy involved in the betting. The most obvious bet is one on both the pair plus, and the ante, however this can be shifted. It is always wise to start with a conservative ratio of either 1-1 or 1-2, where you bet one on pair plus and two on the ante. As your session goes on, and you may be building up some house money you can try to get aggressive and go 2-1 in the other direction. Some people when running well like to go as high as 5-1 and hope for a big hand, and a huge payout. And with a hand like three of a kind paying 30-1 it¡¯s easy to see how big money can be made.

Tri-card can require a slightly greater bankroll then some of the other games, since there can be some extended periods were you don¡¯t hit a large hand, and sine it can require three bets each hand. However if you don¡¯t like having to crunch numbers and are just looking to have a good time, and get in some table action tri-card is a great choice. Even if you are a statistical wizard then you know that tri-card¡¯s low house edge makes it a strong choice from that angle as well. With such a small learning curve there is no reason why you shouldn¡¯t jump right in and start making some big bucks at tri-card poker on MuchoCasino.com