CTPCasino Table Practice

Three Card Poker: Play or Fold

Three Card Poker has the simplest optimal strategy of any table game: after you see your three cards, play (match your Ante with the Play bet) with Queen-6-4 or better, and fold everything worse. That single rule is provably optimal.

In practice that means every ace-high and king-high hand plays, every jack-high and lower hand folds, and queen-high hands are the boundary — play Q-6-4 and up, fold below. Any pair or better always plays. Look up your exact hand below.

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