Red Dog

How Do You Play Red Dog?

In the past, acey-deucey was among the most popular games in the USA, although its popularity has diminished over time. The game was quite popular in land-based casinos, but thanks to the emergence of online casinos in the past 2 decades, it has found a great base of fans.

It makes sense that acey-deucey lives on in the form of Red Dog online – after all, online casinos and online gambling are the future and casinos have hundreds of game variations which make them a clear choice for players.

As we already mentioned, Red Dog is fairly easy to play. As a variation of poker, it makes sense that the cards are ranked just like in the fan-favorite card game. Red Dog uses 3 cards at a time with aces being the highest card – suits don’t matter at all. The game is played with one standard deck of 52 cards, with some variants allowing up to 8 decks in play. The higher the number of decks, the lower the house edge.

Before the game begins, the player or players put their bets on the table and are dealt two cards face up. The dealer will then reveal one card from the top of the deck. There are 3 outcomes of the deal – a player’s cards may be equal in value, consecutive in number or neither.

For example, if the player gets two consecutive numbers on the cards like 5 and 6, the hand is a push and the wager is returned. In case of equal number value, the player gets a third card. If he’s lucky to get a card of the same value, the casino pays 11:1. In any other case, the hand is a push.

If neither of these options occur (for example, the player gets a 2 and a 6), the dealer announced a spread before dealing a third card. Before it, the player is given the option to double his bet. If he ends up getting a card between that falls between the value of the first two cards (in the abovementioned case, that would be 3, 4 or 5), the player gets paid according to the spread. In any other case, he loses the bet.

A 1-card spread pays 5:1; 2-card spread pays 4:1; a 3-card spread pays 2:1, and a 4 to 11-card spread pays even money (1:1).