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Reason #5 why the Wizard likes Bovada:
Intelligent Bonuses
Many online casinos offer huge signup bonuses, but there’s a catch. Buried in the fine print is that play on the most popular games doesn’t count towards earning the bonus. It’s common for play on blackjack, baccarat, roulette, craps, and video poker to be excluded. In many cases, only slots count.
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Bovada allows play on all games to count towards the wagering requirement. It’s that simple. Just no opposite betting. All casinos ought to be as easy as Bovada about this. The bonus offer itself is simple too: on your first deposit, they’ll give you an extra 10%. If you deposit $100, you’ll wind up with $110 in chips or tokens.
Finally, in the unlikely event that Bovada feels you’ve been abusing their bonuses they won’t seize your winnings like most other casinos will. In the worst case scenario they will politely tell you that they will not be offering you any future bonuses, but you are welcome to keep playing and keep everything you have made already.
3-5-7 Poker
Last Update: Dec 11, 2002
3-5-7 Poker is a simple poker based game slowly finding a home in the casinos. It is actually 3 games in 1, the player can bet on a 3, 5, and 7 card hand and is paid according to the poker value of each.
Rules
After all players have bet, the dealer will give 3 cards to each player and 4 to himself, face down. Based on his first three cards the player may surrender half his 7 card bet if he wishes, in other words the dealer gets half the 7 card bet and the player gets back the other half.
The following pay tables show what each hand pays for each bet.
| 3-Card Hand Pay Table | |
|---|---|
| Hand | Pays |
| Straight flush | 40 to 1 |
| Three of a kind | 25 to 1 |
| Straight | 6 to 1 |
| Flush | 4 to 1 |
| Pair | 1 to 1 |
| Nothing | Loss |
| 5-Card Hand Pay Table | |
|---|---|
| Hand | Pays |
| Royal flush | 500 to 1 |
| Straight flush | 100 to 1 |
| 4 of a kind | 40 to 1 |
| Full House | 12 to 1 |
| Flush | 9 to 1 |
| Straight | 6 to 1 |
| 3 of a kind | 4 to 1 |
| 2 pair | 3 to 1 |
| Pair (6's or better) | 1 to 1 |
| Nothing | Loss |
| 7-Card Hand Pay Table | |
|---|---|
| Hand | Pays |
| Royal flush | 100 to 1 |
| Straight flush | 20 to 1 |
| 4 of a kind | 7 to 1 |
| Full House | 5 to 1 |
| Flush | 4 to 1 |
| Straight | 3 to 1 |
| 3 of a kind | 2 to 1 |
| 2 pair (10's high or better) | 1 to 1 |
| Other | Loss |
Strategy
Statistics
| 3-Card Hand Return Table | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | Combinations | Probability | Pays | Return |
| Straight flush | 48 | 0.002172 | 40 | 0.086878 |
| Three of a kind | 52 | 0.002353 | 25 | 0.058824 |
| Straight | 720 | 0.032579 | 6 | 0.195475 |
| Flush | 1096 | 0.049593 | 4 | 0.198371 |
| Pair | 3744 | 0.169412 | 1 | 0.169412 |
| Nothing | 16440 | 0.743891 | -1 | -0.743891 |
| 22100 | 1 | 0 | -0.034932 | |
| 5-Card Hand Return Table | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | Combinations | Probability | Pays | Return |
| Royal flush | 4 | 0.000002 | 500 | 0.00077 |
| Straight flush | 36 | 0.000014 | 100 | 0.001385 |
| 4 of a kind | 624 | 0.00024 | 40 | 0.009604 |
| Full House | 3744 | 0.001441 | 12 | 0.017287 |
| Flush | 5108 | 0.001965 | 9 | 0.017689 |
| Straight | 10200 | 0.003925 | 6 | 0.023548 |
| 3 of a kind | 54912 | 0.021128 | 4 | 0.084514 |
| 2 pair | 123552 | 0.047539 | 3 | 0.142617 |
| pair (6's or better) | 760320 | 0.292548 | 1 | 0.292548 |
| Nothing | 1640460 | 0.631199 | -1 | -0.631199 |
| Total | 2598960 | 1 | 0 | -0.041238 |
| 7-Card Hand Return Table | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | Combinations | Probability | Pays | Return |
| Royal flush | 4324 | 0.000032 | 100 | 0.003232 |
| Straight flush | 37260 | 0.000279 | 20 | 0.00557 |
| 4 of a kind | 224848 | 0.001681 | 7 | 0.011765 |
| Full House | 3473184 | 0.025961 | 5 | 0.129805 |
| Flush | 4047644 | 0.030255 | 4 | 0.12102 |
| Straight | 6180020 | 0.046194 | 3 | 0.138581 |
| 3 of a kind | 6461620 | 0.048299 | 2 | 0.096597 |
| 2 pair (10's high or better) | 20598408 | 0.153967 | 1 | 0.153967 |
| Other | 92757252 | 0.693333 | -1 | -0.693333 |
| Total | 133784560 | 1 | 0 | -0.032795 |
The next table summarizes the house edge of each bet.
| House Edge Summary | |
|---|---|
| Bet | House Edge |
| 3 | 3.49% |
| 5 | 4.12% |
| 7 | 3.28% |
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