To play your best at four card poker, be sure to understand the objective, odds, and strategies that are used to play this poker variation.
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In four card poker, you get five cards to make your best four-card hand, but the dealer gets six cards to make a four-card hand—which gives the house an advantage, but if your hands are identical, you win. You can play against the dealer, “aces up,” or both ways at once.
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Against the dealer
Make an ante bet to play against the dealer’s hand. The best four-card hand wins. On a tie, you win.
Aces up
If you place an “aces up” bet, you win if you’re dealt a pair of aces or better, even if the dealer ends up with a better poker hand.
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If you get one of the top three possible poker hands—four of a kind, straight flush or three of a kind—you get an automatic bonus payout on your ante bet. The automatic bonus is paid even if the dealer ends up with a better four-card poker hand.
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Hand value | Bonus Payout |
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Four of a kind | 50 to 1 |
Straight flush | 30 to 1 |
Three of a kind | 7 to 1 |
Flush | 6 to 1 |
Straight | 5 to 1 |
Two pair | 2 to 1 |
Pair of aces | 1 to 1 |
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Hand value | Bonus Payout |
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Four of a kind | 25x ante wager |
Straight flush | 20x ante wager |
Three of a kind | 2x ante wager |
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An optional $1 side bet that links a variety of poker games to a common progressive jackpot. Made at the same time as the basic game wager, the bet pays out if your five-card hand is a three of a kind or better, regardless of the basic game outcome.
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Winning hands | Progressive payout | Envy payout |
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Royal flush | 100% of jackpot | $1,000 |
Straight flush | 10% of jackpot | $300 |
Four of a kind | 300 to 1 | |
Full house | 50 to 1 | |
Flush | 40 to 1 | |
Straight | 30 to 1 | |
Thre of a kind | 9 to 1 |