How To Play Four Card Poker®

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Features heads up play against the dealer and an optional bonus bet.

How To Play Four Card Poker®

Ranking Of Hands

Four-of-a-Kind, Straight Flush, Three-of-a-Kind, Flush, Straight, Two Pair, Pair and High card.

Getting Started

Make an Ante bet to play against the dealer. Make an Aces Up® bet to play against the bonus paytable. You will then receive five cards to make your best four card poker hand. Four card Straights are Straights, four card Flushes are Flushes, etc. The dealer receives six cards and turns his top card face-up.

Decision Time

After looking at your hand, you have a choice: fold or bet 1x to 3x your Ante.

Winning and Losing

The dealer then reveals his cards and announces his four card poker hand. If your hand beats or ties the dealer’s, your Ante and Play bets win even money. If your hand loses to the dealer, your Ante and Play bets lose.

Automatic Bonuses

The top three hands in the game (Four-of-a-Kind, Straight Flush and Three-of-a-Kind) receive automatic bonuses, paid on the Ante. You receive these bonuses even if you lose to the dealer.

Hand Pays
Four of a Kind 25 to 1
Straight Flush 20 to 1
Three of a Kind 2 to 1
*Automatic Bonuses Paid on Ante Wager

Aces Up

The Aces Up side bet pays if your hand is a pair of Aces or better. The Aces Up bonus always pays, even if the dealer has a better hand. The higher your hand, the more you win.

Hand Pays
Four of a Kind 50 to 1
Straight Flush 40 to 1
Three of a Kind 8 to 1
Flush 6 to 1
Straight 4 to 1
Two Pair 2 to 1
Pair of Aces 1 to 1

Progressive Rules of Play

  1. Four Card Poker® offers an optional progressive bonus wager.
  2. The bet considers the best hand possible among all the player’s cards.
  3. The pay table shown has been designed to work on a link together with the games Mississippi Stud, Let It Ride, and Ultimate Texas Hold’Em.
Hand Pays Envy
Royal Flush 100% $5000
Straight Flush 10% $1500
Four of a Kind $1500  
Full House $250  
Flush $200  
Straight $150  
Three of a Kind $45  
Original Wager is NOT Returned.
Reflects a $5 wager.

Bad Beat Bonus

The Bad Beat Bonus side bet pays if either the player’s hand contains two pair or better and the dealer’s hand outranks the player’s hand, or the dealer’s hand contains two pair or better and the player’s hand outranks the dealer’s hand. Winning wagers shall be paid out based on the rank of the losing hand.

Hand Pays
Four of a Kind 10,000 to 1
Straight Flush 5,000 to 1
Three of a Kind 100 to 1
Flush 25 to 1
Straight 15 to 1
Two Pair 4 to 1