Rules for Four card poker

This game rewards skill, patience and nerve. In Four Card Poker, you have to make your best four-card hand with the five cards you receive, and the dealer receives six cards to make their four-card poker hand.

Bet on the required Ante spot to play against the dealer's hand. Best four-card hand wins. The player wins ties. If you bet on the Ante wager and want to stay in the game after viewing your cards, you must make a Play wager. The Play wager has to be at least equal to the Ante, but may be up to three times the ante. It's your four-card poker hand against the dealer's four-card poker hand, and the best hand wins! The Ante and Play bets pay even money.

Four-of-a-Kind, straight Flush, three-of-a-Kind, flush, straight, two pair and pair.

Bet on the Aces Up spot and win you're dealt a pair of Aces or better. The Aces Up bonus is always paid even if the dealer has a better hand.

The top three hands in the game, four-of-a-kind, straight flush and three-of-a-kind, receive an automatic bonus payout on the Ante bet. See table for odds. Automatic Bonuses are paid even if the dealer has a better four-card hand.

Following this strategy greatly reduces the house's advantage. It also enables the player to enjoy the volatile nature of the game.

As the strategy dictates, you should fold with anything less than a pair of 3's. This means you may fold four, five, even six hands in a row. Just be patient and wait for good hands before making the Play Bet.

When you get a good hand, you can't be afraid to max out your Play Bet. The dealer's average hand is a pair of 9's, so whenever you have 10's or better, you're favored to win. Go ahead and bet your 3x Ante.

In Four Card Poker, skilled players make better decisions involving:

*When to make the Play bet
*How much to bet