When playing 3-Way Action Poker is played with a standard 52 card deck. There's 3 parts to the game and 3 paytables, one for each stage of the game.
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Firstly you are dealt 5 cards and there's a paytable for that. You will typically get a payout for any hand above a pair of 3's. There's varying payouts for different 4 of Kinds.
Then you draw any number of cards to improve your first 5 cards cards. There is then a paytable for the new hand. Up to now the game is very similar to the Double Pay video poker game. You need a minimum of a pair of Jacks to get a payout at this stage.
You are then dealt two more cards more to make a 7 card stud hand which again has it's own paytable with the lowest paying hand being 3 of a kind.
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Firstly you are dealt 5 cards and there's a paytable for that. You will typically get a payout for any hand above a pair of 3's. There's varying payouts for different 4 of Kinds.
Then you draw any number of cards to improve your first 5 cards cards. There is then a paytable for the new hand. Up to now the game is very similar to the Double Pay video poker game. You need a minimum of a pair of Jacks to get a payout at this stage.
You are then dealt two more cards more to make a 7 card stud hand which again has it's own paytable with the lowest paying hand being 3 of a kind.
An interesting game but not an easy one to work out a strategy for.
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Three way action is three games in one. The player may make any number and combination of them. There is also an optional blackjack side bet. The game is played with a single deck of cards that is shuffled after every hand. Following are the betting options:
- Blackjack: Normal single-deck blackjack rules except the player the player may only split aces and player automatically wins with a seven-card hand of 21 or less (7-card Charlie). Assuming the dealer hits a soft 17, double on any two cards, and double after a split the normal house edge would be 0.18%. Not splitting any pair except aces adds 0.35%. The 7-card Charlie rule helps almost nothing. So the overall house edge in the blackjack portion is 0.53%.
- Combat: Player's first card against Dealer's up card, highest card wins. A player win pays even money. Dealer wins half on a tie. House edge of 2.94%.
- Seven Card Showdown: Additional cards are added to player's and dealer's final blackjack hands to make seven each. The best poker hand wins. Dealer must have at least an ace high to qualify. If dealer doesn't qualify then the players wins 1/2 his bet, otherwise a win pays even money. Following are the possible outcomes of this bet according to a random simulation.
Seven Card Showdown - Seven Card Showdown
| Hand | Total | Probability | Pays | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dealer doesn't qualify | 7058671 | 0.077398 | 0.5 | 0.038699 |
| Player wins | 38775791 | 0.425173 | 1 | 0.425173 |
| Dealer wins | 45306542 | 0.496782 | -1 | -0.496782 |
| Tie | 58996 | 0.000647 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 91200000 | 1 | 0 | -0.03291 |
The lower right cell shows a house edge of 3.29%.
There is also a side bet titled Bonus Action based on the player's final seven cards. The following table shows the winning hands, their probability, what they pay, and the return.
Three Way Action - Bonus Action
| Hand | Combinations | Probability | Pays | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal flush | 4324 | 0.000032 | 1000-1 | 0.032321 |
| Straight flush | 37260 | 0.000279 | 100-1 | 0.027851 |
| 4 of a kind | 224848 | 0.001681 | 25-1 | 0.042017 |
| Full house | 3473184 | 0.025961 | 7-1 | 0.181727 |
| Flush | 4047644 | 0.030255 | 5-1 | 0.151275 |
| Straight | 6180020 | 0.046194 | 3-1 | 0.138581 |
| 3 of a kind | 6461620 | 0.048299 | 3-1 | 0.144896 |
| 2 pair | 31433400 | 0.234955 | lose | -0.234955 |
| Pair | 58627800 | 0.438225 | lose | -0.438225 |
| Nothing | 23294460 | 0.174119 | lose | -0.174119 |
| Total | 133784560 | 1 | -0.128632 |
The number in the lower right hand corner shows the house edge is 12.86%. Fanduel sportsbook live chat.
There is also a similar game called Triple Shot. Poker hands ranked.
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