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An innovative gambling game that has become increasingly favored and played in the casinos is the 4-card poker game which owes something of its origin to the 3-card poker.

The betting system in a 4-card poker game is of two types – wagering on the ante and aces-up. Each player receives 5 cards out of which he has to form the bets possible 4-card hand. The dealer however receives five hole cards and a sixth card with its face up and is also required to make his own 4-card hand. The players can only see their own cards and the dealer’s face up card and can either fold or continue to play. Folding means the bet placed is lost whereas if one chooses to play, he may raise his bet by wagering as much as he staked for ante or double or triple that amount.

In a game of 4-card poker, of the possible combination the best 4-card hand will be the four of a kind while the least valued would be high cards. In their hierarchy of being the best possible hand, other combinations that can happen are straight flush, three of a kind, flush, straight, two pair and one pair. The bonus payout for one who holds a four of a kind hand is as high as 25-to-1, whereas a straight flush will fetch his 20-to-1 odds and three of a kind hand wins a payout of 2-to-1. The ante bonus that is paid out does not depend a player having better hand than the dealer. The aces-up bet is based on how a player’s payout is ranked without any reference to the dealer’s hands.

There is an edge to the dealer as he can choose his best 4-card hand from six instead of five cards. For the players, bonus payout and scope to raise bet twofold or threefold ensures good returns while folding takes makes him forfeit his ante bet even if his hand turn out to be better than the dealer’s.