Red Dog

The Red Dog is a card game played with a deck of 52 cards and which uses only 3 cards at the same time.

The purpose of the game is for the player to guess whether the value of a random card will be comprised between the values of two other cards hit previously by the dealer.

The Red Dog table looks like the one for the Black Jack but the games are absolutely different. After having placed a bet on the table, the player receives 2 cards from the dealer. At that point of the game the player knows the possibilities of cards that can fit between the two cards. This possibility varies according to the number of values which separates the value of the first two cards. The possibilities will inform the player (on the top left of the game table) of the gains ratio for which he is gambling his initial bet. According to the value of the first 2 cards received by the dealer and according to the gains ratio, the player will have the choice whether to increase his bet by pressing the button “RAISE” or to maintain it by pressing the button “STAY”. A third card might then be hit by the dealer according to the value of the first 2 cards.

Three situations will appear:

1. Consecutive hand

If the dealer hits 2 cards having consecutive values, for example 7 and 8, or Queen and King, the hand will be considered as consecutive. Therefore the dealer will not hit a third card. The hand will be considered as “Push” (or “Void”) and the initial bet will be returned to the player.

2.A pair

In the dealer hits 2 cards having the same values, for example two Jacks, the dealer will then hit automatically a third card. If the value of the third card is the same as the two former ones, the player will win his bet with a ratio of 11:1 (meaning 11 times its value). If the value of the third card is different from the other two former cards, the hand will be considered as “Push” and the initial bet will be returned to the player.

3. Non-consecutive hand

If the dealer hits 2 non-consecutive cards or cards with a different value, the hand is called “non-consecutive hand”. The dealer will then announce the number possibilities between the 2 cards.

For example, if the 2 cards hit by the dealer are a 4 and a Jack, the possibilities are of 6 as there are six different values between a 4 and a Jack (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10). Once the possibilities are announced the player has the choice to increase his initial bet by pressing on “RAISE” or to maintain it by pressing the button “STAY”.

Whether or not the player decides to increase his initial bet, the dealer hits another card. The player will win the game if the value of the third card is between the values of the two former cards hit by the dealer at the beginning of the game.

However if the third card has the same value as one of the two initial cards the player will lose his bet. There cannot be a “Push” in a non-consecutive hand.

Moreover, the winning bets of the player, in non-consecutive hands, will be determined by the ratios established before the third card is hit.