zengrifter said:
The way that pros beat 3-card poker is by holecarding - ie, flashing dealers. zg
I took full advantage of flashing dealers when playing in the 3-card poker promo. Once one of the cards flashed for a fraction of a second, and the dealer just kept going as if noone saw it. I saw that it was an ace. It saved me 50 dollars since I had King high with 25 dollar bet out.
Another thing that happened a few times. Sometimes I would be distracted and forget to fold or bet. The dealer just out of habit played out his hand every time. The dealer didn't qualify. When he went to pay my bet off he realized I hadn't bet or folded. I immediately said, "I was going to play that", and I put my bet on my cards. It turns out I had only Jack high, and was paid instead of me losing my bet by folding. I suppose I could have tested how far I could go with it and purposely not place my bet, but I only took advantage of this when I really did forget to place my bet.