3 Card Brag is based on the popular casino game and is played with 1 deck of 52 cards, shuffled at the start of each game. Play deck the halls. 3 Card Brag is really two games in one. In the main game you are dealt one hand of three cards which must beat the Dealer's hand to win. Play British 3 Card Brag Poker Game Online with Basic Winning Strategy. Three Card Brag game is a British quickly- moving betting game that uses only three cards and combines two independent games. Three Card Brag game is similar to poker but has different betting rules and priority of combinations. 3 Card Brag, Three 3s For The Win! Welcome to 3 Card Brag, your source for information and tips on the great British card game of the same name. Forget about Poker, Brag's the game that's been a staple of card players here in Britain for centuries. Three Card Brag is a classic casino poker game, also known as 'Three Card Pokers' or 'Teen Patti'. In this game, you can play Three Card Brag on your phone, learning how to play and how to WIN! GAME RULES: The cards in each suit rank in the usual order from high to low: A-K-Q-J-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2. The hand rankings, from best to worst, are: three of a kind ('prial'), running flush, run, flush.
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Introduction
3 Card Brag is a nearly the same thing as Three Card Poker. There are some minor rule changes in the hand order, which marginally benefit the player, but it's otherwise the same thing.Rules
I'm going to assume the reader is already familiar with the rules to Three Card Poker so will just explain how they are different in this game. First, there is some different terminology to the hands. Here is a translation guide:
3 Card Brag to Three Card Poker Translation Guide
| 3 Card Brag | Three Card Poker |
|---|---|
| Prial | Three of a kind |
| Running Flush | Straight flush |
| Run | Straight |
Second, the order of hands is different. The only change is a three of a kind beats a straight flush. Or, to put it in 3 Card Brag terminology, a Prial beats a Running Flush.
Peakhour 4 4 0 1. Third, the hand order within some of the hands is different. To be specific:
- 3-3-3 is the highest three of a kind (Prial). Otherwise, three of a kinds are ranked as in Three Card Poker.
- A-2-3 is the highest run or running flush (straight or straight flush). Otherwise, they are ranked as in Three Card Poker.
The Ante Bonus pay table in 3 Card Brag follows the usual 1-4-5 pay table but with the top two hands reversed, as follows:
Ante Bonus
There is also the equivalent to the the Pairplus, which 3 Card Brag calls the 'Pair Bonus.' It follows the liberal 1-4-6-30-40 pay table, but again with the top two hands reversed
Pair Bonus
| Hand | Pays |
|---|---|
| Prial | 40 to 1 |
| Running Flush | 30 to 1 |
| Run | 6 to 1 |
| Flush | 4 to 1 |
| Pair | 1 to 1 |
3 Card Brag Strategy
Strategy
The strategy is the same as in Three Card Poker, raise on Q-6-4 or better.
Analysis
The rule about the 3-3-3 and A-2-3 being the highest three of a kind and straight respectively cuts equally both ways. So, for purposes of analysis, we can ignore that rule.
However, the rule about switching the three of a kind and straight flush helps the player with both the Ante Bonus and the Pair Bonus. To be specific, the change in hand order lowers the house edge on the Pair Bonus from 2.32% to 2.14%. The house edge on the Ante bet is reduced from 3.37% to 3.35%.
Conclusion
If Three Card Poker is your game, why not convert to 3 Card Brag? It is practically the same thing but with a lower house edge, especially on the equivalent to the Pairplus bet.
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Written by:Michael Shackleford
