How to play TCP Stud
TCP Stud is an exciting stud poker game. You may bet against the house hand, bet on pay table outcomes, or bet both. Bonus payouts may be had for certain hands when wagering against the house hand. TCP Stud also features optional Bonus and Progressive Jackpot side bets.
3 Card Bonus
The 3 Card Bonus side bet lets you bet against your own hand.
If your hand contains a pair or better, you win!
| 3 Card Bonus | Pays (to 1) |
| Straight flush | 35 |
| Three of a kind | 33 |
| Straight | 6 |
| Flush | 4 |
| Pair | 1 |
Ante
Ante lets you play against the house’s hand. It is just your cards against the house’s hand. If you make an ante bet and like your hand, you must place an equal wager on the raise spot. It is your hand against the house’s poker hand, and the best hand wins!
To play all three
It is you and your cards for a pair or better, and it is you against the house hand for the best poker hand.
Bet the 6 Card Bonus for an even larger payout. You must also make the raise wager, or you will forfeit the ante wager.
House Qualifying
The house’s hand must contain a Queen or above. If the house does not qualify, your raise wager is a push, and your ante wager is paid even money.
Automatic Bonus
If you make the ante and raise wagers, you may win a bonus payout even if the house hand does not qualify, and even if the house’s hand beats your hand.
| Automatic Bonus | Pays (to 1) |
| Straight flush | 5 |
| Three of a kind | 4 |
| Straight | 1 |
6 Card Bonus
Combine your hand with the dealer’s hand to make your best five card poker hand. See pay table for odds.
| 6 Card Bonus | Pays (to 1) |
| Royal flush | 200 |
| Straight flush | 100 |
| Four of a kind | 75 |
| Full House | 25 |
| Flush | 20 |
| Straight | 10 |
| Three of a kind | 5 |
Colour Me Bonus
If your three cards are the same colour you win. If the house three cards are the same colour as your cards, you win even more. See pay table for odds.
| Colour Me Bonus | Pays (to 1) |
| Player and dealer’s hand all same colour | 4 |
| Player’s hand same colour | 3 |
TCP 21
TCP 21 is an additional wager played during the normal course of TCP, on the numerical total of all three cards dealt to the player. The totals are won against the following winning outcomes, using the usual card values ranging between 1 and 11, where Ace is counted as a 1 or 11 and any 10, Jack, Queen or King is counted as a value of 10.
Players make their standard TCP wagers, and they may also make the optional “21” side bet. The dealer then follows normal dealing procedures for TCP.
The “21” wager is based on the total of the player’s initially dealt three cards when the values are added together.
After hand completion the dealer will pay all hands where the target total “21” has been met according to the pay table below. All hands where the target total “21” has not been met – will lose. See pay table for odds.
| Players 3 Cards | Pays (to 1) |
| Any 7-7-7 | 100 |
| Any 6-7-8 | 21 |
| Any other 21 combination | 9 |
Progressive games
The progressive bet qualifies you for payouts from the incrementing jackpot. See pay tables below for odds.
5 Card Progressive Jackpot
This is the progressive version where the qualifying hand will be made from both the player and the dealer cards to make the best five card poker hand from the six available. See pay table for odds.
| Hand | Pays | Envy |
| Royal Flush Spades | 100% Major | £500 |
| Royal Flush Other | 100% Minor | £100 |
| Straight Flush | £250 | |
| Four of a Kind | £100 | |
| Full House | £20 | |
| Flush | £10 | |
| Straight | £5 |
TCP Stud Progressive Jackpot
This is the progressive version where the qualifying hand will be made from the players three cards only. See pay table for odds.
| Hand | £5 Bet Pays |
| Mini-Royal Flush (AKQ) Hearts | 100% Progressive |
| Mini-Royal Flush (AKQ) Other | £3000 |
| Straight Flush | £450 |
| Three of a kind | £300 |
| Straight | £30 |
| Hand | £2 Bet Pays |
| Mini-Royal Flush (AKQ) Clubs | 100% Progressive Jackpot |
| Mini-Royal Flush (AKQ) Other | £1200 |
| Straight Flush | £180 |
| Three of a kind | £120 |
| Straight | £12 |
House Edge
Ante and Play: 2.01% 3 Card
3 Card Bonus: 2.70%
6 Card Bonus: 9.98%
Colour Me Bonus: 3.62%
TCP 21 Bonus 3.84%
Progressive: 18.22%
Envy bonus
Top pays may trigger an envy bonus. See metered display at the table for payouts. You can win multiple envy bonuses in a round, but you cannot win an envy bonus for your own hand or the house’s hand.
T&C: Please note that all progressive Jackpot Payouts will need to be verified by the casino management prior to payment and will be made from a central Jackpot account. Payment verification can take over 24 hours, but we will advise you on this process at the time the Jackpot is won. Winning Jackpot hands will also result in a period of game downtime whilst procedural checks are completed, we apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused. Progressive Bets will only be offered using an automated One to Six shuffling machine. If the machine is inoperative, progressive wagers will not be accepted.