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Red Dog
Also known as acey-deucey or in-between. Two cards go down, and the question is simple: will the third one land strictly between them? You see the gap before you decide whether to raise. Played for virtual coins only.
The Red Dog table
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- Spread 1 · 5 to 1
- Spread 2 · 4 to 1
- Spread 3 · 2 to 1
- Spread 4 to 11 · 1 to 1
- Pair: trips pay 11 to 1
- Consecutive: push
Bet in play: —
Your coins 0
Raise doubles your bet. Call deals the card as it stands.
Pick an opening bet and press Deal. A fresh, shuffled 52-card pack is used for every hand.
How to play
- Choose an opening bet and press Deal. Two cards are turned face up. Aces are high, twos are low, suits do not matter.
- Consecutive cards, such as 7 and 8, leave no room in between. The hand is a push and your bet comes back.
- A pair brings a third card straight away. If it makes three of a kind you are paid 11 to 1; if not, it is a push.
- Anything else has a spread: the number of ranks strictly between the two cards. A 4 and a 9 have a spread of 4 (5, 6, 7 and 8).
- Now decide. Raise adds a second bet the same size as the first; Call keeps it as it is. Either way, the third card is dealt.
- If the third card falls strictly between the first two you are paid by the spread. Matching either end card, or landing outside, loses.
How it pays
| Spread | Pays | Dealt | Lands inside |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 to 1 | 13.27% | 4/50 (8%) |
| 2 | 4 to 1 | 12.07% | 8/50 (16%) |
| 3 | 2 to 1 | 10.86% | 12/50 (24%) |
| 4 | 1 to 1 | 9.65% | 16/50 (32%) |
| 5 | 1 to 1 | 8.45% | 20/50 (40%) |
| 6 | 1 to 1 | 7.24% | 24/50 (48%) |
| 7 | 1 to 1 | 6.03% | 28/50 (56%) |
| 8 | 1 to 1 | 4.83% | 32/50 (64%) |
| 9 | 1 to 1 | 3.62% | 36/50 (72%) |
| 10 | 1 to 1 | 2.41% | 40/50 (80%) |
| 11 | 1 to 1 | 1.21% | 44/50 (88%) |
| Pair | trips 11 to 1 | 5.88% | trips 2/50 (4%) |
| Consecutive | push | 14.48% | — |
Dealt: how often the first two cards give that spread. Lands inside: the chance the third card falls between them, out of the 50 cards left.
The only real decision is the raise. With a spread of 7 or more the card lands inside more often than not (28 in 50 or better) at even money, so raising there helps you; below that, raising only makes the losses bigger.
Never raising, the exact long-run return is 90.81% of your opening bets. Raising on every spread of 7 or more lifts it to 96.84%. A simulation of 4,000,000 hands with this page's own code agreed with both figures to within a tenth of a percent.
18+ Coins here are virtual. They have no cash value, cannot be bought or withdrawn, and nothing you collect can be swapped for money or prizes.