						3 Card Poker

1. Intro
2. Rules and Hand Rankings
3. Strategies for winning at three card poker
4. Controlles


1. Intro:

Three card Poker is a relativly new casino game. It was created in 1994. Its fast pace,
favorable odds, and a high frequency of winning hands all contribute to its growing popularity
	
Three card poker offers two games in one, and three ways to play those games. You can bet against
the dealers hand. You can bet on the value of your hand. Or you can play both ways in differnent
amounts. In addition, betting against the dealers hand you are also eligable for a bonus payoffs: 
With a premium hand you win a bonus payoff regardless if the dealers hand.

2. Rules and Hand Rankings:

Because there are only three cards to a hand, THE RANKINGS OF THE HANDS ARE DIFFERENT. The rankings 
of the hands are as fallows from highest to lowest: Straight flush, Three of a kind, Straight, Flush, 
pair, and hight card.

The three ways in which you can play three card poker are Pair plus bet, Ante bet, or both.

When placing a bet on Pair Plus you are betting that your hand will contain a pair or better.

When placing a bet on the ante bet you are betting that your hand will rank higher than the dealers hand.

When placing a bet on both ante and pair plus you are betting that you hand will have a pair and your hand
will beat the dealer.

Your bets do not have to equal when you are betting on both pair plus and ante.

when you place a bet on ante you have a chance to look at your cards. Once you look at your cards you must either fold
or call.  When you fold you automaticly forfit your ante and pair plus bet.  If if you call you must double you ante bet.
Once you call the dealer will show you his hand. Your hand is then compared to the dealers hand. If the dealer doesn't have
at least a Queen high the dealer does not qualify and your ante bet is returned with a 1 to 2 payout. If the dealer qualifies
and your hand beats the dealers you are given a 1 to 1 payout on your ante bet. If the dealer beats your hand or does not
qualify you can still win some money. Bonus payouts are given to high ranking hands as follows:

Bonus payouts:

Straight flush    5:1
3 of a kind       4:1
Straight          1:1

If you placed a bet on pair plus your hand will win money if you have a pair or better regardless of the dealers hand.
In other words, if you placed a bet on both pair plus and ante and you have a pair or better, you will win money on your
pair plus bet even if the dealer has a higher pair or better.

Pair plus payouts:

Straight flush      40:1
Three of a kind     30:1
straight             6:1
flush                4:1
pair                 1:1

3. Strategies for winning at Three Card Poker:

- never fold a pair plus winner
- consider fold with any thing less than queen high
- pair plus bets are a good way to sit back and enjoy the luck of the draw.

4. Controlles:

use the arrow keys to move the arrow.
press enter to increase the bet
move the arrow over to ok and press enter to enter that bet
press clear when betting to exit the game.