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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

Play begins with the player making 2 or 3 wagers. The player must bet on the 3 card and 5 card hand, the 7 card hand is optional. The player may bet any amount on any hand, subject to the table minimum and maximum.

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

The

Hand
Straight
Three of a kind
Straight
Flush
Pair
Nothing

Hand		Royal flush
Straight flush
4 of a kind
Full House
Flush
Straight
3 of a kind
2 pair
pair (6's or better)
Nothing
Total

player should never surrender. Since the 7 card hand has the lowest house edge I would recommend betting the most on that, and the least on the 5 card hand.

Statistics

The following tables show the probabilities and return for each hand for all 3 bets. fg_lite_yel" colspan="5">3-Card Hand Return Table

Probability

Pays

Return

0.002172

0.086878

0.002353

0.058824

720

0.032579

0.195475

1096

0.049593

0.198371

3744

0.169412

16440

0.743891

-1

-0.743891

22100

-0.034932

Probability

Pays

Return

0.000002

500

0.00077

0.000014

100

0.001385

624

0.00024

0.009604

3744

0.001441

0.017287

5108

0.001965

0.017689

10200

0.003925

0.023548

54912

0.021128

0.084514

123552

0.047539

0.142617

760320

0.292548

1640460

0.631199

-1

-0.631199

2598960

-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

House Edge Summary
Bet	House Edge
3	3.49%
5	4.12%
7	3.28%