3 Card Poker Hand Probabilities
Three card poker is always played with one deck of 52 cards. There are a total of 22,100 different ways that three cards can be dealt. Using a bit of math we can determine the probability of each hand. The table below shows the ways, probabilities and odds for each hand.
Hand |
Ways |
Probability |
Odds |
Straight Flush |
48 |
0.002172 |
1 in 460 |
3 of a Kind |
52 |
0.002353 |
1 in 425 |
Straight |
720 |
0.032579 |
1 in 30 |
Flush |
1096 |
0.049593 |
1 in 20 |
Pair |
3744 |
0.169412 |
1 in 5.9 |
Nothing |
16440 |
0.743891 |
1 in 1.3 |
Totals |
22,100 |
100.0000 |
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Notes
As you can see on the table above the straight in three card poker out ranks the flush. This is unique to the game as in every other poker game the flush always out ranks the straight. The reason for the change in rankings is the fact that there are more ways to make a flush with three cards than there are ways to make a straight.
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