Posted on 02/14/2020 4:38:07 PM PST by grundle
Thanks Monkeyshine.
I saw your follow-up post on him promoting the game.
I haven’t played it.
I generally stick with Blackjack or Craps...
I’ll bet that was fun meeting that guy and talking to him for a while.
Glad you enjoy the game.
I’ll try to remember his tip if I ever play it.
Yeah, he said for best player advantage, forget about the Ante and the Bet part of the game. At best those will just pay even money, sometimes a push if the dealer has a busted hand. You might win if you have an Ace and the dealer only a Queen, but you still lose the Pair Plus bet so it’s still a push (assuming you bet the same amount on all 3 spots). And if you have a totally busted hand you’re losing 3 bets.
So just play the Pair Plus. You get 3 cards. If you draw any pairs, straights, flushes, straight flushes or three of a kinds the payout is something like 1:1, 3:1, 6:1, 30:1 and 40:1 or something like that. So you miss a lot, but it’s fun if you hit. It’s nice to get a stack of chips pushed your way :-)
It’s exhilarating to bet. If you can keep calm and under control, it’s enjoyable.
Thanks for the explanation.
Yeah like I said, not been much of a player in a very long time. I prefer Texas Hold’em actually, was semi-pro for a while in my 30’s. But it’s a grind, I don’t and won’t give it the time it takes these days. But my wife likes 3-Card Poker. So she plays. And she understands the game (she doesn’t quite get the nuances of blackjack) not that there’s much to get. So I just sit there next to her and bet the pair plus. And throw an extra bet on her hand too just in case she hits the 3 of a kind. ;-)
I think that’s great. Glad you two can go out and do that sort of stuff. Pretty cool.
LOL. I’d rather the two of us get a couple bottles of wine and spend the night in the room. But she quit drinking years ago, so... happy wife happy life.
d":^)
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