3 Card Poker Hands
1. Straight Flush
Three cards in sequence of the same suit.An Ace can count as either high or low - e.g. A-K-Q or 3-2-A
Ties are broken by the highest ranked card in the hand except 3 is used for a 3, 2, Ace straight flush.
2. Three of a Kind
Three cards of the same rank.Ties are broken by the rank of the three cards.
3. Straight
Three cards in sequence.Ties are broken by the highest ranked card in the hand except 3 is used for a 3, 2, Ace straight.
4. Flush
Three cards of the same suit.Ties are broken by rank of the highest card, if still tied by the rank of the second highest card and if still tied by rank of the third highest card.
5. Pair
Two cards of the same rank and a third card of different rank.Ties are broken by rank of the paired cards and if still tied by rank of the unpaired card.
6. Nothing
Three cards of different rank and suit, not in sequence - i.e. not any of the above ranked hands.Ties are broken by rank of the highest card, if still tied by the rank of the second highest card and if still tied by rank of the third highest card.
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The highest straight flush: A-K-Q all of the same suit.Three card poker is always played with one deck of 52 cards. There are a total of 22,100 different ways that three cards can be dealt. Using a bit of math we can determine the probability of each hand. The table below shows the ways, probabilities and odds for each hand.
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| Hand | Ways | Probability | Odds |
| Straight Flush | 48 | 0.002172 | 1 in 460 |
| 3 of a Kind | 52 | 0.002353 | 1 in 425 |
| Straight | 720 | 0.032579 | 1 in 30 |
| Flush | 1096 | 0.049593 | 1 in 20 |
| Pair | 3744 | 0.169412 | 1 in 5.9 |
| Nothing | 16440 | 0.743891 | 1 in 1.3 |
| Totals | 22,100 | 100.0000 |
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3 Card Poker Hands Ranking
Notes
As you can see on the table above the straight in three card poker out ranks the flush. This is unique to the game as in every other poker game the flush always out ranks the straight. The reason for the change in rankings is the fact that there are more ways to make a flush with three cards than there are ways to make a straight.
3 Card Poker Hands Chart
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