Consider the entire four-card hand when declaring a tie. This wager must be from one to three times the ANTE wager. After looking at their hand, players may fold or, if they believe their hand is high enough to beat the dealer’s hand, they must make the PLAY wager to remain in the round. The object, when playing against the dealer, is for the player to beat the dealer’s four-card poker hand with his or her own four-card poker hand. NOTE: All Four Card Poker tables shall have an aggregate payout $25,000 per hand per table, inclusive of the Bad Beat Bonus. Players may play up to two spots provided the Aces Up or the Play wager is at least double the table minimum on either spot of each hand. Playing against the dealer – ANTE WAGER.Ģ.A player may wager any of the three ways: Each player will make a wager of $3.00 to $100.00, inclusive. SUIT: One of the four categories of cards – Diamonds, Clubs, Spades, or Hearts.ġ. Ace is high except in 4-3-2-Ace sequence. NOTE: If a hand does not contain a pair or better, the hand that contains the highest-ranking card(s) wins. HAND RANKING: The permissible poker hands allowed in this game, in order from highest to lowest ranking as follows:įour-of-kind, Straight Flush, Three-of-a-Kind, Straight, Two Pair and Pair HAND: The four-card poker hand that is held by each player and the dealer after the cards are dealt. The following definitions shall apply unless otherwise noted.ĪNTE WAGER: The wager that a player is required to make prior to any cards being dealt in order to compete against the dealer’s hand in a round of play.ĪCES UP WAGER: The wager that a player makes in anticipation of receiving a pair of Aces or better. An optional bad beat bonus wager is also available. The game allows the player to wager against the dealer, to wager only on the value of his or her own hand against a pay table or to wager both against the dealer and on the value of his or her own hand.

Four Card Poker uses two standard 52-card decks.

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