Dear
Mark: Last week you wrote about my favorite video
machine, Table
Master's Three Card Poker. Normally, I play the
game on a table with a live dealer, but like you said,
Table Master's Three Card Poker can be had for a buck
a hand, plus, I don't have to feel guilt about not
tipping an animated dealer. So my question is this?
Are the paybacks and odds the same on Table Master's
Three Card Poker video machine as that of playing
on a live game with a live dealer? Gerald H.
Last
week, Gerald, I wrote that the payoffs are effectively
the same as those of a live game, but again, I must
reiterate that you'll also see twice as many hands
per hour, and by doubly exposing yourself to the built-in
house advantage, you are allowing the casino at your
kitty twice as fast.
So,
Gerald, as long as your betting strategy is to
make the "play" wager if you have at
least a queen, six, and a four in your hand, the
house edge on the "ante" wager is about
2.1% on each separate hand, which is the same
as the table game version.
One
caveat though. I noticed a missing paytable on
the machine, that being the bonus payment on the
"ante" wager: Typically, a hand with
a straight or better qualifies for an Ante
Bonus payoff. Ante Bonuses are paid on the
Ante
wager according to the following schedule:
A straight gets you even money, three-of-a-kind
pays 4 to 1, and a straight flush pays 5 to 1.
It doesn't physically show this payoff anywhere
on the machine proper, but in the Three Card Poker
brochure attached alongside you'll find that it
states, "A Straight or better pays an additional
Ante bonus according to the posted paytable."
That paytable, I assume, is the same as that of
the Pair Plus bet, and they're just using the
same payoff.
3
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Payoffs on Pair Plus wagers are made according
to this schedule, ... at vast riches: A hand with
a straight or better qualifies for an Ante Bonus
payoff. ...
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