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No-hassle practice games
Most online casinos spend more effort trying to separate you from your money than they do trying to give you a good experience. They have all kinds of popup windows, they usually make you download their software, and if they do offer play-in-browser games then you have to register an account before you can play. And if you register they start sending you emails trying to get you to deposit real money.
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I wish all online casinos showed this much respect for their players. Other casinos practically ask for your first born child to play for free. Meanwhile Bovada is patient and does not twist anybody’s arm to play for real money. You can play as long as you like for free with no obligation. The real-money games are available if that’s your preference, but if not, you can play the free practice games for as long as you like without hassle.
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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