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Multi-Hand Three Card Poker

Three Card Poker is an exciting, fast-paced game that's simple to learn and easy to master. It offers three ways to play and four ways to win. Bet on your three card outcome, or try to beat the Dealer, or play both ways at the same time. Multi-Hand Three Card Poker allows you play one, two or three hands at the same time.


How to Play
Multi-Hand Three Card Poker offers up to three hands of Three 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. (See How to Bet for more details.)

After you have completed your initial betting, click the DEAL button. You receive three cards, face down, for each position on which you have a bet. The Dealer also receives three cards face down.

Starting with the right-most hand, each hand is revealed and played in order. If the "Squeeze" feature is enabled, you control the speed of the card reveal, otherwise all three cards in the active hand are displayed. (See Other Controls for more details about Squeeze.)

If you have placed an Ante bet on the active hand, you must now decide whether to Play your hand and challenge the Dealer, or whether to Fold your hand. If you click the PLAY button or click the Play bet spot on the table, you place a bet equal to your Ante on the Play bet spot. If you click the FOLD button, you forfeit your Ante, you forgo any Pairs Plus or Ante Bonus awards, and that hand is ended.

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 all bet-upon hands are revealed, and you finish deciding whether to Play or Fold, the Dealer’s hand is revealed and final results are evaluated as described below.


Playing Against the Dealer
For each hand on which you make an Ante bet and choose to Play against the Dealer by placing a Play bet, the Dealer's hand is evaluated. The Dealer needs to have a Queen or higher Poker outcome to play in a head-to-head comparison against each hand. If the Dealer does not play, you win 1 to 1 on each Ante bet and the Play bet is returned. This payout occurs whether or not each hand is actually better than the Dealer's.

If the Dealer plays, then for each hand, the best Poker hand wins. If the Dealer has the best hand, the Dealer wins and your Ante and Play bets are not returned. If you have the best hand, you win 1 to 1 on the Ante bet and you win 1 to 1 on the Play bet. If the hands match exactly (a tie), the hands stand and the Ante and Play bets are returned.

(See Comparing Poker Hands for more details on how best hand is determined.)


Ante Bonus
To be eligible for the Ante Bonus award on a hand, you must place an Ante bet before the cards are dealt, and place a Play bet before the Dealer's hand is revealed. After the deal, your hand is evaluated, and if it merits an award, you are paid according to the Ante Bonus pay table. If you choose to Fold, you forgo any Ante Bonus award.

The Ante Bonus awards are independent of the Dealer's hand. The Dealer does not need to play, nor does the Dealer’s hand need to be lower than your hand, for you to win an Ante Bonus award.


Pair Plus
To be eligible for a Pair Plus award, you must place a Pair Plus bet before the cards are dealt. After the deal, each hand on which you have bet is evaluated, and if the hand is a Pair or better, you are paid according to the Pair Plus pay table.

You are not required to place an Ante bet to make a Pair Plus bet. However, if you have placed an Ante bet in addition to the Pair Plus bet, you must also place a Play bet to be eligible for a Pair Plus award. If you choose to Fold, you forgo any Pair Plus award.

The Pair Plus awards are independent of the Dealer's hand. The Dealer does not need to play, nor does the Dealer’s hand need to be lower than your hand, for you to win a Pair Plus award.


How To Bet
To play Three Card Poker, you must place either a Pair Plus bet, an Ante bet, or both on one or more hand positions. Select a chip value by clicking a chip at the bottom of the playing field. The chip you select is displayed in a raised position. To place your bet, click the appropriate bet spot on the table. Each time you click, you place one chip on the table. Each bet must be at least as large as the table minimum limit and cannot exceed the table maximum limit. If you choose to place an Ante bet, your remaining balance must be large enough to place a Play bet equal to your Ante bet.

To remove a bet before the cards are dealt, press and hold the SHIFT key and then click the bet. To remove all bets, click the CLEAR button.

To place a Play bet to challenge the Dealer's hand, click the PLAY button or click the Play bet spot on the table. A Play bet is equal to the value of your Ante bet. If you wish to repeat your last bet after completing a game, and have sufficient credits, click the REBET button. This will restore your previous bets. If you wish, you can adjust your Ante bet and/or your Pair Plus bet. You still need to click the DEAL button to initiate play.

The DOUBLE BET button doubles your currently placed bets every time you click it. If doubling your current bets would exceed the table maximum limit, then the DOUBLE BET button will not be available. If you click the DOUBLE BET button when no bet is placed yet, this is equivalent to first clicking the REBET button and then the DOUBLE BET button, and will result in the placing of a bet that is twice as large as your prior bet. You still need to click the DEAL button to initiate play.


Other Controls
The Squeeze button, located near the upper left corner of the play field, increases the excitement by allowing you to control the card reveal rather than having the cards automatically display. You turn your own cards over, one at a time in any order, by clicking them. This does not change the method of play or the rules of the game. When Squeeze is on, the button is highlighted in red. You can turn the Squeeze feature on or off by clicking the Squeeze button.

The TURBO button quickens the pace of play by eliminating certain animations, such as the dealing of the cards. It does not change the method of play or the rules of the game. When Turbo is on, the button is highlighted in red. You can turn the Turbo feature on or off by clicking the TURBO button.


Poker Hand Rankings
This list contains the possible Poker hand outcomes for Three Card Poker from highest to lowest. For two cards to have the same rank, they must have the same number (like two 8s) or the same picture (like two Queens).

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.


Comparing Poker Hands
If two hands have different outcomes, the hand with the outcome higher on the outcome list wins (see Poker Hand Rankings).

If the two hands have the same type of outcome (for example, if both hands hold a Pair), the stronger of the outcomes wins.

For Pair and Three of a Kind outcomes, the hand with the highest match rank wins. For example, a Pair of Kings beats a Pair of 10s.

When comparing a Flush, Straight, or Straight Flush hands, the hand with the higher high card wins. For example, a 9-10-J Straight beats a 6-7-8 Straight. Likewise, a 9-10-J Straight beats an A-2-3 Straight because the Jack high card beats the 3 high card.

If the winning outcomes are the same between two hands, the remaining cards in the hand are examined. For example, a K-3-3 beats a J-3-3 because, while the Pair matches, the remaining King beats the Jack.

Rules
A new, single deck is shuffled for each hand of play.

Malfunction voids all pays and play.

Awards are shown in credits.

Folding your hand results in forgoing any Pair Plus or Ante Bonus award.


Additional Information
The Game Console on the right side of every game provides information and access to additional features:

• Your username
• Your current balance in your chosen currency
• Your total number of credits
• The denomination in which the game in being played. This represents the value of each credit.

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