Three Card Poker Strategy: The Q-6-4 Rule

Three Card Poker has exactly one decision, and a single rule covers it.

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The strategy

• After seeing your three cards, raise (play) with Queen-6-4 or better; fold anything worse.
• Read Q-6-4 high-to-low: compare your top card to a Q, then your second to a 6, then your third to a 4. Equal-or-higher at the first difference → play.
• Any pair or better always plays. Anything Jack-high or lower always folds.
• Pair Plus and 6-Card Bonus are side bets — fun, but a much bigger edge. Bet them small or skip them.

The house edge

Playing Q-6-4 optimally, the Ante-Play house edge is about 3.4% per ante.

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