Three Card Poker in Macau

(Last updated: March 21, 2026)

Three Card Poker is the 6th highest earning casino game in Macau, accounting for exactly 0.49% of gross gaming revenue in 2025.  Easy to find in the Western owned casinos, and especially on the Cotai Strip, the standard minimum city wide is $300.  

Three Card Poker in Macau: What to Watch Out For

The side bets, because they’re all bad.

Starting with the most obvious culprit, the Pair Plus, which most people at the table seem to wager on.  You might get some funny looks and strange comments from other players if you don’t, but staying away from its 6.75% house edge is the right thing to do.  Let the blind lead the blind; eyesight is a wonderful thing.

6 Card Bonus is all over Macau now too, with the following pay table. 

Your three cards are combined with the dealer’s three cards, and the best five card hand will be used.  The house edge on 6 Card Bonus is 13.44%.

The last thing to be aware of is the new Progressive Jackpot feature, which costs $50.  It’s the exact same process as Caribbean Stud Poker, with a prize somewhere in the millions of dollars.  Your three cards are combined with two community cards, so that a 5 card hand can be made.  If you hit a Royal Flush you win it all, while a Straight Flush is 10%, and so on and so forth.  In order for the wager to be fair, the jackpot has to be north of 13.4 million dollars. 

Three Card in Poker in Macau: Advice and Strategy

With an element of risk of 2.01%, Three Card Poker may not be a good game overall, but I usually have fun playing it.  The only decision you need to make is whether to raise or fold, with the cut off point Q-6-4.  Anything higher than that, raise, otherwise fold. 

For example, K-3-2 and Q-7-2 both raise while Q-6-3 and J-10-7 fold.

Three Card Poker is a well known advantage play should you find a dealer hole carding, but that opportunity doesn’t exist in Macau.  No dealer turns anything over until every player has decided whether to raise or fold.