One card is dealt facedown to each player. Then followed by two face-up to each player. Players bet after each card is dealt. There are a number of ways to determine what hand beats what hand in Three-Card Monte.
Version #1 (based only on possible poker hands with three cards)
- High Card
- Pair
- Three-of-a-kind
Version #2 (based on the conventional rank of poker hands, with the exception of the Straight Flush)
- High Card
- Pair
- Three-card Straight
- Three-card Flush
- Three-card Straight Flush
- Three-of-a-kind
Version #3 (based on the actual odds of being dealt each hand)
- High Card
- Pair
- Three-card Flush
- Three-card Straight
- Three-of-a-kind
- Three-card Straight Flush
Trust no one at poker; it is a game for blood. If you want to play a good game you must forget friendship and bet your hand for what it's worth. Top-money winners do.
