RED DOG

HOW TO PLAY RED DOG

iSoftBet Red Dog uses a single standard deck of 52 cards. The suits don’t matter in this game, as the game only looks at card value to determine the outcome.

Cards 1-10 use their face value, while Jacks count as 11, Queens count as 12, Kings count as 13, and Aces count as 14.

To explain how Red Dog works, we’ll walk you through a single round.

First, you have to make an Ante bet if you want to play. Use the chips to select the size of your stake, then click on the BET button.

Then, you will be dealt two cards. The goal of Red Dog is to predict whether the third card will be in between these two cards. In other words, whether the value of the third card will be smaller than one of the initial two, but bigger than the other.

After you’ve seen the first two cards, you will be given the option to raise. Simply click this button and your stake will be doubled, as will any potential winnings.

Finally, a third card is revealed.

If it’s bigger or smaller than both cards, you lose the round.

If the third card is bigger than one card but smaller than the other, you win.

If a pair appears on the table at any moment, the bet is a push. For instance, if the third card is the same as one of the first two, you get your stake back. The same thing happens if the first two cards are of the same value. However, a third card will still be drawn because getting Three of a Kind actually wins you the biggest prize in the game.

Casino Bloke Best tips for Red Dog

• 1If the first two cards are consecutive, the bet is considered a push.
• 2The “spread” mentioned on the table refers to the number of cards that could fall between the showing cards. For example, cards 4 and 9 would have a spread of 4.
• 3Although the big payouts on smaller spreads look attractive, we only recommend raising if there’s a big spread between the first two cards.

PAYOUTS

The game is completely based on chance, and the RTP is consistent. There are no right bets or wrong bets, and there’s really n statistically optimal moment to raise.

All outcomes in Red Dog are determined by random number generation. This ensures absolute randomness every round, which means you can’t ever predict future outcomes.

Speaking of which, the payout is based on how big the spread between the three cards is, as explained above. If only 3 or fewer cards can fit between the first two cards, it meanst only 3 or fewer cards can win after the Raise/Call stage of the game. As such, the payout is increased.

You can get a 5:1 payout for a spread of 1, 4:1 if the spread is 2 cards, and 2:1 if the spread is 3 cards. All other wins get even money, or 1:1

The only exception is an 11:1 payout if all three drawn cards have the same value.

If you want to play Red Dog online at a casino, you don’t exactly have many options. Besides this version, there is also one made by BetSoft. Between the two, we would say iSoftBet’s version is slightly better. It’s newer, crisper, and overall plays a bit better. The rules are pretty much the same, though.

All in all, it’s a neat adaptation of a beloved casino card game. Play it if the rules we described above seem interesting enough.