Crazy 4 Poker trainer
Dealer opens with king high
Deal a hand to see your exact odds against every hand the dealer could hold.
Paytables
Super Bonus required, equal to the Ante
Below a straight it pushes, unless the dealer opens and beats you. Main game house edge: 3.42% per Ante, exact with the book's strategy.
Queens Up your best four
House edge on this Queens Up table: 6.78%.
Independently calculated odds. Every figure here is counted exactly from all possible deals for the rules and payouts shown; your casino's may differ. Payouts vary by table: the Queens Up house edge covers only that bet and the paytable selected above. How our odds are calculated
One line: king-queen-eight-four
Crazy 4 Poker deals you five cards and plays your best four. You make one decision: fold, bet 1x, or with a pair of aces or better, bet up to 3x.
Fold, 1x or 3x
The dealer opens with king high. K-Q-8-4 is the weakest four-card hand worth a Play bet. We checked every one of the 2,598,960 possible hands against all 1,533,939 hands the dealer could hold: these three rules cost 0.0001% against perfect play.
Always bet the full 3x with aces or better. 3x beats 1x on every one of those hands, and 2x is never the best bet. Anything below a pair of aces can only bet 1x.
Why fold at all? Folding gives up the Ante and the Super Bonus, two bets. Below K-Q-8-4, a 1x Play bet loses even more on average than that.
The fifth card matters a hair. Your fifth card can't be in the dealer's hand, which shifts the odds slightly. On 1,440 hands the exact count disagrees with the rule: K-Q-7-6 with a 3, 4 or 5 left over is worth a 1x bet, and K-Q-8-4 with a 2 or 3 left over is a fold. The difference is too small to matter, so the trainer counts either play as right on those hands.
Decision drill
Flash hands near the line: king-queen hands, queen-jack hands and pairs. Get ten in a row and you are ready.
How a hand plays
- Bet the Ante and the Super BonusBoth are required and always equal. Queens Up is an optional extra.
- Five cards eachYou see yours; the dealer's are face down. Each hand plays its best four cards.
- Fold or playFolding loses the Ante and the Super Bonus. Playing puts up a Play bet of 1x the Ante, or up to 3x with a pair of aces or better.
- The dealer opens with king highIf not, the Play bet pays 1 to 1 and the Ante pushes.
- ShowdownHigher hand wins the Ante and Play at 1 to 1; ties push. The Super Bonus pays its table on a straight or better whatever the dealer holds.
Hand ranks and odds
With four cards, three of a kind is rarer than a flush or a straight, so it ranks higher. Odds are for your best four of five cards.
| Hand | Chance | About 1 in | Super Bonus | Queens Up (50-40-7) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four aces | 0.002% | 54,145 | 200 to 1 | 50 to 1 |
| Four of a kind | 0.024% | 4,165 | 30 to 1 | 50 to 1 |
| Straight flush | 0.080% | 1,254 | 15 to 1 | 40 to 1 |
| Three of a kind | 2.26% | 44 | 2 to 1 | 7 to 1 |
| Flush | 4.41% | 23 | 3 to 2 | 4 to 1 |
| Straight | 3.92% | 26 | 1 to 1 | 3 to 1 |
| Two pair | 4.75% | 21 | push | 2 to 1 |
| Pair | 40.31% | 2.5 | push | 1 to 1 on queens or better |
| High card | 44.25% | 2.3 | push | loses |
Super Bonus and Queens Up
The Super Bonus is part of the main game and already counted in its 3.42%. Queens Up is a true side bet with a higher edge. The trainer deals the common 50-40-7 table; switch tables under Paytables to match your casino.
| Queens Up table | Straight flush | Three of a kind | House edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50-40-7-4-3-2-1 (this table) | 40 to 1 | 7 to 1 | 6.78% |
| 50-30-8-4-3-2-1 | 30 to 1 | 8 to 1 | 5.32% |
| 50-40-8-4-3-2-1 | 40 to 1 | 8 to 1 | 4.52% |
| 50-30-9-4-3-2-1 | 30 to 1 | 9 to 1 | 3.06% |
Read the felt. Three of a kind is the payout that moves the edge: 2.26% of hands are trips, so each extra unit on it is worth about 2.3%. Every table pays four of a kind 50, flushes 4, straights 3, two pair 2 and a pair of queens or better 1 to 1.
Folding and Queens Up. The trainer settles Queens Up as lost when you fold, and house rules on this vary. With the book's strategy it never comes up: every pair is a Play bet.
At the table
- Two bets to startThe Ante and Super Bonus go out together, so a $10 Ante puts $20 on the felt before the deal.
- Budget for 3xA hand with aces puts five bets in action. Bring about 40 to 50 Antes for a session.
- Place the Play bet to playPut chips in the Play circle: equal to your Ante, or up to three times it with aces or better. To fold, slide your cards to the dealer.
- Best four, not fiveYour fifth card doesn't count. A flush or straight needs only four cards.
- The Super Bonus rides alongIt is paid on a straight or better even when the dealer beats you.
- Check the table versionThe paytable on the felt is what counts.
Mistakes that cost real money
- Betting 1x with acesA pair of aces or better is always a 3x bet.
- Playing queen-high handsThe dealer opens too often. Fold them.
- Folding small pairsEvery pair is at least a 1x bet.
- Queens Up without reading the paytableThe same bet costs 3.06% to 6.78% depending on the trips pay.