Three Card Poker: Odds & Simulated House Edge
The house edge per ante with the proven Queen-6-4 strategy is about 3.37%. To check it, we deal player and dealer three-card hands, apply the Q-6-4 play/fold rule, and settle Ante and Play against the dealer's Queen-high qualifier.
The hand-odds table below is exact, not simulated — useful for sizing up the Pair Plus side bet, which pays purely on your own three cards.
3.37%
House edge per ante
67.5%
You play (raise)
of hands
32.5%
You fold
of hands
How often you make each hand (your 3 cards)
Exact odds from all 22,100 possible three-card hands.
| Hand | Odds | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Straight Flush | 1 in 460 | 0.217% |
| Three of a Kind | 1 in 425 | 0.235% |
| Straight | 1 in 31 | 3.26% |
| Flush | 1 in 20 | 4.96% |
| Pair | 1 in 5.9 | 16.9% |
| High Card | 1 in 1.3 | 74.4% |
Play/fold rates from a live 120,000-hand optimal-strategy simulation (reseeded daily), which tracks the 3.37% edge within sampling error.
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