Game guide · The poker room
Three Card Poker
Three cards, one decision, and a straight that outranks a flush.
TiltSeven deals Three Card Poker to the published Maryland standard: a fresh 52-card deck, the core Ante-and-Play game, and an optional Pair Plus wager that pays on your own hand regardless of the dealer's. In three-card math a straight genuinely beats a flush, and the dealer needs queen high just to qualify.
No deposits · no purchases · no withdrawals · no redemptions · no prizes · no cash value.
How a round works
Three Card Poker
- 1
Post your ante — add Pair Plus if you like — and look at your three cards.
- 2
Make a Play wager equal to the ante, or fold and forfeit the ante along with any Pair Plus.
- 3
The dealer reveals server-side: no qualify pays the ante 1 : 1 and returns the Play; otherwise the higher hand wins both, with Pair Plus and the Ante Bonus settling by their printed tables to the ledger.
The odds, honestly
One deck, three cards — probabilities compact enough to memorize.
| Bet / outcome | Chance | Pays |
|---|---|---|
| Pair Plus (pair or better) | ≈ 25.6% pair or better | per table |
| Three-card straight | 3.26% of hands | per table |
House edge
Ante-and-Play gives the house about 3.4% with the classic rule of thumb: play queen-six-four or better, fold anything less. Pair Plus pays whether or not the dealer qualifies, but its margin lives in the paytable — TiltSeven implements Maryland's published Ante Bonus Paytable A and Pair Plus Paytable C, printed right at the table.
Fair play, by construction
- Every outcome is drawn server-side and settled into the ledger — nothing is decided in your browser.
- Rules and paytables live in reviewable contracts; the same math runs for every player.
- Play tokens only: whatever the odds say, nothing here is ever worth money.
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