Three Card Poker
Raise only if you have a Queen-6-4 or
better. Queen-6-4 is the borderline
hand because when you raise on Queen/6/3 you can expect to lose 1.00255
>units, (more than the 1.0 unit by folding).
Raising on Queen-6-4 expect to lose
0.993378. "Mimicking the
Dealer" (strategy of raising on any Queen or better) is not a bad strategy
but you will lose more with it than the optimal strategy above. The house edge
is 3.45%.
"Playing Blind" (raising on all
hands) yields a house edge of 7.65%.
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Caribbean Stud Poker
Raise with a pair or higher, fold with less
than Ace/King. Raise on Ace/King if any
of the following 3 rules apply:
1. Raise if the dealer's card is a 2 through
Queen and matches one of yours.
2. Raise if the dealer's card is an Ace or
King and you have a Queen or Jack in your hand.
3. Raise if the dealer's rank does not match
any of yours; you have a Queen in your hand; the dealer's card is less than
your 4th highest card.
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Texas Hold'em Bonus Poker
Fold: Unsuited 2/3 thru 2/7, & Unsuited
3/4.
You can expect to win a Bonus; 9.5 % of the
time.
169 possible initial hands (your 2 hole cards)
(13 x 13).
The house edge on the Bonus Bet is about 8.9
percent.
A pair happens about 6 times in a hundred
hands.
In a thousand hands:
AA happens 4.5 times
AK Suited happens 3 times
AQ or AJ Suited happens 6 times
AK Unsuited happens 9 times
KK, QQ, or JJ happens 13.5 times
AQ or AJ Unsuited happens 18 times
Pair 2,2 thru 10,10 happens 40.7 times
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Let-it-Ride Poker
Before seeing first Community card Let-it-Ride
only if you have:
Any paying hand (10’s or better, 3 of a kind).
Any 3 to a royal flush.
3 suited cards in a row except 2-3-4, and
Ace-2-3.
3 to a straight flush, spread 4, with 1 high card
(10+).
3 to a straight flush, spread 5, with 2 high
cards.
Spread 4: the cards span 4 ranks in a row;
(5,6,8).
Spread 5: the cards span 5 ranks; (5,7,9).
After seeing first Community card Let-it-Ride
only if you have:
Any paying hand (10’s or better, 2 pair, 3 of
a kind).
Any 4 to a flush, a straight flush, or a royal
flush.
Any 4 to an outside straight.
Any 4 to an inside straight, with 4 high
cards.
Inside straight: inside card missing;
(4,5,7,8).
Outside straight: outside card missing;
(4,5,6,7).
Outside straights are better because 8 cards
help
as opposed to 4 for an inside straight.
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