Four Card Poker

How to Play

Five cards in your hand. Six in the dealer's. Pick your best four and go head-to-head. The dealer always qualifies, always plays, always fights. Your edge? Fold the junk, call the mediocre, and raise 3x on the monsters. That 3x raise is where the real money lives — catch a strong pair or better in your five cards and you are pushing maximum value against a dealer who is forced to show down every hand.

The five-card deal gives you selection power. You see five cards, pick the best four-card combination, and compete. That extra card increases the frequency of strong hands compared to being dealt exactly four. You will find pairs, straights, and flushes more often, making the game more action-packed than its card count suggests.

Two side bets sweeten every hand. Aces Up pays on your hand strength alone — 50:1 for Four of a Kind, 40:1 for a Straight Flush. The Ante Bonus fires automatically on Three of a Kind or better, topping out at 25:1 for quads — no extra bet required. Hit Four of a Kind with both side bets active and the combined payout across Aces Up, Ante Bonus, and the main hand is massive. Add Millionaire Mode and every deal carries a $1,000,000 possibility on top of everything else.

Hand Rankings & Strategy

Four-card poker flips some rankings you might know from Texas Hold'em. Four of a Kind sits at the very top, above Straight Flush. With four cards, landing all four of the same rank is the hardest thing to do. Below that: Straight Flush, Three of a Kind, Flush, Straight, Two Pair, Pair, High Card. Knowing this ranking matters because it determines both how much your hand is worth in the main game and where Aces Up payouts kick in.

Strategy boils down to one rule: raise 3x with a pair of Aces or better, call with any pair, fold with less. That threshold aligns perfectly with the Aces Up minimum qualifying hand — when you are raising 3x, you are usually also in range for an Aces Up payout. Simple strategy, clear thresholds, maximum action on every strong deal.

Side Bets

Provably Fair

All 11 cards committed via SHA-256 before you bet. The server's random seed is hashed and shown before the deal. Your client seed adds entropy. After the hand, the raw seed is revealed — hash it, match it, done. Every card verifiable, every outcome provable. No exceptions, no trust required.

The main hand, Aces Up, Ante Bonus, and Millionaire Mode all derive from the same committed seed. One verification proves the entire hand was fair. The per-round nonce prevents any form of seed reuse across deals. Verify any hand from the history panel, any time, for as long as you want. The math is always there.

Frequently Asked Questions