When you make a pair on the flop using one of your two hole cards, and it is not top pair, you have flopped middle or bottom pair. For example, you hold A♠4♠ and the flop is Q♥4♣2♥ or Q♥7♠4♣.

All About 3 Betting in Poker The Three Bet. One of the common definitions you will hear as you play poker is “3-bet”, or “three-bet”. A 3-bet as most players use the term means the act of putting in the third bet, technically the second “raise”, the “3-bet” during any given round of action. Types of Bets in Three Card Poker You can make two types of bets in three card poker: ante and pair plus. You can bet just one or you can bet both of them. The ante bet is a wager against the dealer, while the pair plus bet is independent of the dealer's hand. It's simply a wager on whether your three card hand will include a pair or higher.

You can play these two different pairs in similar ways and, as such, they will be discussed here as though they are one and the same. And, while it is very common for both beginner and intermediate players to misplay middle or bottom pair, it is actually a fairly easy situation to play correctly since decisions are most often based on simple mathematics.

Three-Put Poker At the beginning of a round of golf, the members of the group ante up the opening bet (say $5 each) and each member is dealt one playing card. On each green of the front nine, any golfer ​who takes three putts or more on a hole is required to add to the pot (for a $5 initial bet, a 3-putt can require $1 more to the pot). All About 3 Betting in Poker The Three Bet. One of the common definitions you will hear as you play poker is “3-bet”, or “three-bet”. A 3-bet as most players use the term means the act of putting in the third bet, technically the second “raise”, the “3-bet” during any given round of action.

In every scenario discussed below, we will assume that at least one of your opponents holds a bigger or better pair and that the pot is multi-way.

How to Play Middle Pair or Bottom Pair

The first step is to understand that after the flop you have five outs that will improve your hand, at best. This translates into 8-to-1 against improving on the turn, and you are drawing to two-pair or trips.

However, the vast majority of the time you will need better odds than these in order to draw. Compare this draw to a gut-shot straight draw which only has four outs but is a draw to a much stronger hand.

Essentially, you need very good pot-odds to play middle or bottom pair on the flop in multi-way pots. This is a result of the following factors:

1. If an opponent holds a set or two-pair you could be drawing dead, or close to it.
2. Your opponents can hold hands that counterfeit your cards, such as straight and/or flush cards.
3. Even if you make a two-pair or trips on the turn, you can still lose on the river to bigger two-pairs, a three-of-a-kind, straights, or flushes.

When to Consider Drawing/Raising

1. If your kicker is higher than the highest card on the flop, the flop looks favorable, and the pot odds justify calling.
2. If the pot is very big, this is to say that it is offering you at least 12-to-1 on your call and looks favorable.
3. When your call will close the betting, as a raise behind you will change your pot-odds dramatically. This is one reason why late position is advantageous.
4. When you think your hand is the best or when you believe that the probability of your opponents folding better hands, combined with the probability of you outdrawing them, justifies a raise.

When Not to Draw/Raise

1. If the flop is three-suited. This means that either three clubs, hearts, spades, or diamonds have hit the flop (unless you have an ace or a king-high flush draw to go with your pair). On this type of flop, you are practically drawing dead if someone already has a flush. In addition, the likelihood of you losing the pot even if you hit your draw, is much greater.
2. If the flop is three-connected. This means that the flop comes something like J-T-9, 9-8-7, 8-7-6, etc. You should almost always fold for the same reasons as given in the 'three-suited scenario' (see Number One). If the flop is all high-cards and you do not have an open-ended straight-draw. This means that the flop comes something like K-Q-T, A-Q-J, etc. Let us suppose that you are holding AT, and the flop comes Q-J-T in a multi-way pot. What you really have is 4 outs to a likely split if a king hits, and 2 outs to an uncertain win if another ten hits. And, indeed, while that is certainly 6 outs, they are very weak outs.
3. If the flop is two-suited, you are facing three or more opponents, and the pot is small.

How You Should Be Thinking

The following examples illustrate the lines along which you should be thinking when determining how many outs your middle or bottom pair really has. In all of the following examples there are three or more opponents in the hand and the flop is Q♥8♣2♥.

1. You hold the A♥2♠. At best, you have 5 outs and a back-door nut-flush draw to go with it.
2. You hold the A♠2♠. At best, you have 4 outs since the A♥ is counterfeited and you have no chance of making a flush yourself.
3. You hold the A♠8♦. At best, you have 3 outs since the A♥ and the 8♥ are counterfeited and you have no chance of making a flush yourself.
4. You hold the A♠8♥, one opponent holds A♣Q♠ and another holds a flush draw. At best, you have 2 outs since all aces are counterfeited.
5. You hold the A♠8♠, one opponent holds A♣Q♠, and another holds a flush draw. At best, you have 1 out since all aces and the 8♥ is counterfeited.

Three Card Poker is a casino table game based on poker.

History[edit]

The casino variant of Three Card Poker was first created by Derek Webb in 1994 and patented in 1997.^[1] Webb's goal was to create a version of poker that played with the speed of other table games. It was important to Webb that he got the correct mix of three important factors for any casino game: the game rules were easy to understand, the payouts were large enough to attract players, and the house edge was enough that casino owners would be interested in adopting the game.

Webb established a business called Prime Table Games to market the game in both the United States and United Kingdom.^[2] The British Casino Association, now known as the National Casino Industry Forum (NCiF) suggested that Webb gain some experience in the US first, since the UK had regulations against such a table game and his application was not strong enough to convince regulators to make significant changes to their rules and regulations for a new game.

The first to adopt the game was Barry Morris, Vice President of Grand Casino Gulfport in Mississippi, after Webb had unsuccessful sales pitches with casino owners in Reno, Las Vegas, and Atlantic City. A key aspect of Webb's offer to Morris was to stand on the floor to train the dealers himself, as well as watch to make sure the game was being played correctly.^[3] United Kingdom gambling regulations were changed to allow the introduction of Three Card Poker in 2002.

Prime Table Games continued marketing Three Card Poker until 1999, when Shuffle Master acquired the rights to the game outside the British Isles. The sale was prompted by a lawsuit filed that year in US federal court by Progressive Gaming International Corporation (PGIC), the then-owners of Caribbean stud poker, alleging patent infringement; Shuffle Master agreed to defend that litigation as part of the purchase. Subsequently in 2007, Prime Table Games showed in a countersuit that the 1999 PGIC litigation was based on invalid patent claims; PGIC settled for $20 million.^[4] Further, Prime Table Games filed suit against Shuffle Master in 2008 alleging in part that Shuffle Master had undisclosed knowledge that the PGIC claims were invalid prior to the 1999 purchase; it was later settled for over $2 million.^[5]

Rules[edit]

Three Card Poker is played as heads-up between the player's hand and the dealer's hand. After all ante wagers are placed, three cards are dealt to each player and the dealer. Players have a choice to either fold or continue in the game by placing a 'play' wager equal to their ante. Hands are then exposed and wagers resolved.^[6]

The dealer's hand must be Queen high or better for the dealer hand to play. If the dealer does not play, then there is no action on play wagers and ante wagers are paid 1 to 1. If the dealer does play, the dealer and player hands are compared. If the player hand loses, both the ante and play wagers are lost. If the player hand wins both the ante and play wagers are paid 1 to 1. If the hands are tied, then there is no action on either wager.^[6]

Additional optional bets are offered. The Pair Plus wager is a bet that the player's hand will be a pair or better. The Pair Plus wager wins if the player has at least a pair of twos. The payoff applies regardless of the dealer's hand, as the Pair Plus wager is not in competition against the dealer's hand. Some casinos also offer an Ante Bonus, which is paid on the ante wager for a straight or better. The typical Ante Bonus paytable pays 5 to 1 for a straight flush, 4 to 1 for a three of a kind, and 1 to 1 for a straight. Like the Pair Plus wager, the Ante Bonus pays regardless of whether that hand beats the dealer's hand.^[6]

Hand ranks[edit]

Three of a kind

Straight

Flush

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Pair

High card

Probability of Queen high or better is 69.59%^{[citation needed]}

Variations[edit]

Some venues have added a wager called Prime in United Kingdom casinos and the game is known as Prime Three Card Poker. The Prime wager is optionally placed before cards are dealt and pays on the color of the player cards. If all three cards are the same color the payoff is 3 to 1. However, when included with the dealer hand if all six cards are the same color then the payoff is increased to 4 to 1.

Another variation is 'six card bonus', in which the players are given a payout based on the best five-card poker hand that can be made using any combination of the player's three cards and the dealer's three cards. Payoff ranges from 5 to 1 for three of a kind to 1000 to 1 for royal flush. Payoffs are paid regardless of whether any other bets pay.

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See also[edit]

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References[edit]

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2. ^'Intellectual Property Office patent entry'. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
3. ^'3CardPoker.com'. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
4. ^Stutz, Howard (November 7, 2007). 'Progressive agrees to pay $20 million to end lawsuit'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
5. ^Stutz, Howard (January 14, 2011). 'Charge hurts Shuffle Master earnings'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
6. ^ ^abcMatt Villano (August 27, 2014). 'Winning a 3-card poker can be tough'. SfGate.
7. ^'Three Card Poker - Wizard of Odds'. wizardofodds.com. Retrieved 2020-02-01.

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