3 card poker with player edge?

Hi I found a 3 card poker game where the ante pays regardless if the dealer doesnt qualify with queen high. Just wanted to confirm this actually resulted in a player advantage and that it's profitable to play anytime the dealer didn't show an ace, king or queen.

Uh, the player ANTE is supposed to pay out/win whenever the dealer doesn't qualify.
It's the PLAY bet that never pays, when the dealer doesn't qualify nwith at least a Queen.
See Three card poker specifications/details.

Quote: Paigowdan

Uh, the player ANTE is supposed to pay out/win whenever the dealer doesn't qualify.
It's the PLAY bet that never pays, when the dealer doesn't qualify nwith at least a Queen.
See Three card poker specifications/details.

Dan,

Everywhere I've ever played 3CP (and I'm pretty sure I do mean everywhere), the dealer has returned the ante and paid the play when they didn't qualify. Usually, the dealer pushes the ante back/out-of-the-way, then turns the player's cards and pays the play bet. Is that really not the way that you dealt it?

-Ross

edit: I do realize that it's a semantic argument since the bets are required to be equal...

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Assuming that the question is what happens when BOTH the Ante and Play are paid even when the dealer does not qualify, then I'm getting a player advantage of about 16.5% by taking the table on the WoO site and changing a 1 unit payment to be 2 units on the Ante table (19.8825% chance * 2 unit win, rather than 19.885% chance * 1 unit win). That would still assume that the player only played the normal optimal strategy, and I'm sure there's also a strategy change to make...

Rdw, just a small point here, This is really hard for me but ..Dan..Is..Right. ;)
When the dealer does not qualify,
The play wager gets no action and is kicked back. The ante gets paid.