Three Card Poker
Three cards each, you versus the dealer. Decide whether your hand is worth playing, with an optional Pair Plus side bet that pays on its own regardless of the dealer. Two VRF requests keep the dealer's hand genuinely hidden.
How it works
Overtime Three Card Poker uses a two-stage VRF flow so the dealer's cards are not on-chain before you decide:
Place bet - you post an Ante, and optionally a Pair Plus side bet. The contract requests its first VRF word and deals you three cards. (If you played Pair Plus, it settles right here, off your own three cards.)
Play or Fold - having seen your hand, you choose to Play (matching your Ante with a Play bet) or Fold (surrendering the Ante). If you Play, the contract requests a second VRF word, deals the dealer's three cards, compares hands, and resolves.
The dealer's cards are drawn from the second VRF request - they literally do not exist in contract storage while you're deciding whether to Play or Fold. This closes the door on any eth_getStorageAt exploit where a sophisticated player could read the dealer's hand before committing.
Hand rankings (3-card)
Three-card poker uses its own ranking order, because probabilities differ with only three cards. Notably, a straight beats a flush here - straights are rarer than flushes in three-card hands:
Straight Flush (highest)
Three of a Kind
Straight
Flush
Pair
High Card (lowest)
The dealer qualifier
The dealer must have Queen-high or better to qualify.
Dealer doesn't qualify → your Ante pays even money and your Play bet pushes (returned).
Dealer qualifies, you win → both Ante and Play pay even money (1:1).
Dealer qualifies, you lose → both Ante and Play are lost.
Tie → push.
Ante Bonus
The Ante Bonus pays on strong hands regardless of the dealer - even if you lose the hand or the dealer doesn't qualify. It's a pure bonus on top of the Ante, paid on:
Straight Flush
5:1
Three of a Kind
4:1
Straight
1:1
Pair Plus (optional side bet)
Pair Plus is bet at the start and resolves entirely off your own three cards - the dealer is irrelevant. It wins if you're dealt a pair or better:
Straight Flush
40:1
Three of a Kind
30:1
Straight
6:1
Flush
4:1
Pair
1:1
High card
Loss
Pair Plus settles at the deal (the first VRF request), before you even decide to Play or Fold. Both paytables are locked in the contract and calibrated for a guaranteed house edge of at least 2%.
Limits
Minimum bet
3 USD (configurable per game via core)
Dealer qualifier
Queen-high or better
Ante Bonus
SF 5:1 / Trips 4:1 / Straight 1:1
Pair Plus
SF 40:1 / Trips 30:1 / Straight 6:1 / Flush 4:1 / Pair 1:1
Cancellation
Admin/resolver only
Supported collaterals: USDC, WETH, $OVER. Free bets are supported through a dedicated placeBetWithFreeBet entry point - but Pair Plus cannot be played with a free bet (the side-bet stake can't be cleanly settled through the free-bet system).
User guide
1. Open Three Card Poker
Select Three Card Poker from the casino lobby.
2. Place Ante (and optional Pair Plus)
Set your Ante. Optionally add a Pair Plus side bet. Choose collateral and confirm.
3. See your three cards
The first VRF request deals your hand. If you played Pair Plus, you'll see it settle immediately based on your three cards.
4. Play or Fold
Decide whether your hand is worth matching your Ante. Play to continue to the dealer; Fold to surrender the Ante.
5. Dealer reveal and resolution
If you Play, the second VRF request deals the dealer's hand. Hands are compared, the qualifier is checked, the Ante Bonus is applied, and everything resolves in one transaction.
Why this matters
The whole game hinges on a single information asymmetry: you decide whether to Play before you see the dealer's hand. If the dealer's cards were sitting in contract storage during your decision, a determined player could read them and never lose - and the game would be broken. Overtime's two-VRF design means the dealer's hand is generated only after you commit, from an independent random word. The qualifier, the rankings, the Ante Bonus, and the Pair Plus paytable are all fixed in code. You get exactly the game you think you're playing.
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