The payment for all bets against the dealer is 1 to 1.Players also have the option of wagering on tie bets (Payment 8 to 1) and “Three Knights” bet (Payment 16 to 1).The House collects 5% commission on all winning bets.In the event that the point count is the same, it will be considered a tie.The objective of the game is to have the highest hand over the lower hand.For total scores exceeding 10 or 20, 10 and 20 points will be deducted respectively. The point count for the other hands will be counted at the face value of the 3 cards with the highest score being 9. The highest ranking hand is known as “Three Knights”, that is a hand with 3 picture cards.The expressions “Three Knights”, “Double Knights Seven”, “Plain Nine”, etc each have meanings assigned according to the ranking list.
All picture cards (King, Queen and Jack) and Tens carry the value of 0, while other cards carry their denoted numerical value (Ace carries the value of 1). Three Pictures is played with a single deck of cards.
