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In spite of the complicated table marking Red Dog is quite simple game. The dealer deals three cards and the player bets that the third card will be higher, than one of the others, but lower than another. (If you are familiar with the rules, you can skip the next chapter and read the instructions to the virtual play mode only).

Rules

6 standard 52-cards decks are used. The cards value is generally accepted: the lowest is the two; the highest is the ace; the suit does not matter.

The game starts as usual: the player makes a wager, and then the dealer opens two cards from the deck.
• In case they are equal the third card is dealt.
• If the value of the third card is the same as the previous two cards ("3 of a kind" poker hand), the player gets the bet back and the winning paid 11 to 1 (bet a dollar, get 12 back).
• If the first two cards are equal but the third is not, the bet returns to the player.
• If the values of the first two cards are consecutive (2 and 3, Queen and Jack, etc.), the third card is not dealt, the bet returns to the player.
• If the first two cards are neither equal in their values nor successive, the dealer announces “spread” - the number of card values between the two cards. For example, the spread between 2 and 4 is 1 (just three is higher than two and lower than four); the spread between the Jack and Ace there is 2 (Queen and King), etc.
  When the spread is established the player can double the bet or proceed the game with the initial bet. Then the dealer opens the third card.
  
  If it gets into the spread between the first cards, the player can have his total bet back, moreover, the winnings according the following payouts:
  • One card spread pays 5 to 1;
  • Two cards spread pays 4 to 1;
  • Three cards spread pays 2 to 1;
  • Four and more cards spread - 1 to 1 (bet a dollar, raise the bet to two, and get back four).

Table layout

Inner radius (from left to right):
• 1, 2, 3, 4-11 - spreads;
• Dog figurine is put on the sector of the inner radius and showed spread;
• "Spread" - is the title of the inner radius;
• "No raises" (the perpendicular caption with a pointer), the title on the right sector of table marking where the situations when the player could not rise the bet are placed;
• "Cons" - "consecutives" (means the values of the first two cards);
• "Pair" - the first two cards are equal;
• "3 of a kind" - all the three cards are equal.

The payouts are placed on the outer radius of the lay out.

Instructions

1. To begin the game, choose the value of the chips for your bets. To do that, click on the one of the appropriate chip value placed at the lower right of the screen.
2. Click on the central round field. Every new click will increase the bet by the amount of the chip selected (if you would like you may change the chip value as many times as you want it).
3. If you somehow do not like the bets you've already placed, press Clear Bets, or holding the space key, click on the chips. In that way you can remove the bets from the table one by one.
4. Push the Deal button - the cards will be dealt.
5. If the values of the first two cards are neither equal nor consecutive, two buttons appear. Choose one:
   • Call. Continue without doubling the bet.
   • Raise. Continue with doubling the bet. As the win depends on the bet, it doubles also.
6. The dealer deals the third card and makes the calculations.
7. When the round is over you may push Rebet button to make the same bets that you made in the previous round.