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Introduction
If playing online, you will have to set up an account at the website that you’ll be using to play 3-Way Action video poker. The denomination that you choose will be equal to one credit on the machine. So, if you put $20 in a $1 machine, you will receive 20 credits to start. You have to bet at. 3 Way Actionis a type of pokerplayed on machines with video screens to show you your cards. Many such machines are touch-screen operated. Please note that “3 Way Action” and “Three Way Action” are not the same game. The latter is a table game, and does not involve video screens.
Three way action is three games in one. The player may make any number and combination of them. There is also an optional blackjack side bet. The game is played with a single deck of cards that is shuffled after every hand. Following are the betting options:
- Blackjack: Normal single-deck blackjack rules except the player the player may only split aces and player automatically wins with a seven-card hand of 21 or less (7-card Charlie). Assuming the dealer hits a soft 17, double on any two cards, and double after a split the normal house edge would be 0.18%. Not splitting any pair except aces adds 0.35%. The 7-card Charlie rule helps almost nothing. So the overall house edge in the blackjack portion is 0.53%.
- Combat: Player's first card against Dealer's up card, highest card wins. A player win pays even money. Dealer wins half on a tie. House edge of 2.94%.
- Seven Card Showdown: Additional cards are added to player's and dealer's final blackjack hands to make seven each. The best poker hand wins. Dealer must have at least an ace high to qualify. If dealer doesn't qualify then the players wins 1/2 his bet, otherwise a win pays even money. Following are the possible outcomes of this bet according to a random simulation.
Seven Card Showdown - Seven Card Showdown
| Hand | Total | Probability | Pays | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dealer doesn't qualify | 7058671 | 0.077398 | 0.5 | 0.038699 |
| Player wins | 38775791 | 0.425173 | 1 | 0.425173 |
| Dealer wins | 45306542 | 0.496782 | -1 | -0.496782 |
| Tie | 58996 | 0.000647 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 91200000 | 1 | 0 | -0.03291 |
The lower right cell shows a house edge of 3.29%.
There is also a side bet titled Bonus Action based on the player's final seven cards. The following table shows the winning hands, their probability, what they pay, and the return.
Three Way Action - Bonus Action
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| Hand | Combinations | Probability | Pays | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal flush | 4324 | 0.000032 | 1000-1 | 0.032321 |
| Straight flush | 37260 | 0.000279 | 100-1 | 0.027851 |
| 4 of a kind | 224848 | 0.001681 | 25-1 | 0.042017 |
| Full house | 3473184 | 0.025961 | 7-1 | 0.181727 |
| Flush | 4047644 | 0.030255 | 5-1 | 0.151275 |
| Straight | 6180020 | 0.046194 | 3-1 | 0.138581 |
| 3 of a kind | 6461620 | 0.048299 | 3-1 | 0.144896 |
| 2 pair | 31433400 | 0.234955 | lose | -0.234955 |
| Pair | 58627800 | 0.438225 | lose | -0.438225 |
| Nothing | 23294460 | 0.174119 | lose | -0.174119 |
| Total | 133784560 | 1 | -0.128632 |
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The number in the lower right hand corner shows the house edge is 12.86%.
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There is also a similar game called Triple Shot.
Michael Shackleford, ASA