Dragon Tiger Rules: One Card Each, the Tie and What It Costs
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Dragon Tiger outlook: the shortest card round in the building. One card is turned for each side, and the bigger value takes it. Kings are high, aces are low and suits make no difference to the main bets. Your call is Dragon, Tiger or Tie, placed while the countdown runs, and the round is over a few seconds after it starts.
How dragon tiger decides a round
- Bets close: Dragon, Tiger, Tie, or the Suited Tie.
- The dealer turns a single card face up for each side.
- Higher value wins; Dragon and Tiger winners are paid 1 to 1.
- Equal values are a tie. A 7 against a 7 of another suit is a plain tie; two sevens of hearts can only meet in a multi-deck shoe, and that is the Suited Tie.
- On a tie the Tie bet wins, the Suited Tie wins as well when the suits match, and Dragon and Tiger stakes follow the table’s tie rule.
Dragon Tiger payouts, bet by bet
| Bet | Wins when | Evolution pays |
|---|---|---|
| Dragon | Its card outranks Tiger’s | 1 to 1 |
| Tiger | Its card outranks Dragon’s | 1 to 1 |
| Tie | Equal values, any suits | 11 to 1 |
| Suited Tie | Equal value, matching suit | 50 to 1 |
Those two tie payouts are Evolution’s, taken from its own table description. Other studios write their own paytables, so open the help panel on a non-Evolution table before you stake.
What a tie costs: the edge, worked out
With 13 card values and an endless shoe, the second card would match the first once in 13 hands. Eight decks bring that down slightly, to close to 7.5% of hands. That tie is where the house’s share comes from.
- On the Tie bet: 11 to 1 on a 7.5% chance hands back about ₱90 of every ₱100 staked over time, a cost of roughly a tenth.
- On Dragon or Tiger: many tables take half your stake back when the cards tie. If yours does, the cost is half the tie rate, about 3.7% of what you stake.
- On the Suited Tie: the rarest result on the table and the longest odds; treat it as a once-in-a-while bet, not a plan.
Hypothetical arithmetic: 100 hands at ₱50 on Dragon commit ₱5,000. At a 3.7% cost, the long-run expectation is a loss near ₱185, before any streak in either direction.
The Dragon Tiger shelf in the lobby
| Where | What you will find |
|---|---|
| LIVE, Evolution (7) | Lightning Dragon Tiger, Dragon Tiger Phoenix, the Super Speed and Emperor versions, and the plain table |
| LIVE, other studios (16) | SA (3), SEXY CASINO, Pragmatic Play, Playtech and Ezugi (2 each), plus five single tables |
| SLOTS and POKER lanes | JILI, Pragmatic Play, KA Gaming software tables; KS Gaming and JDB rooms |
Baccarat fans will recognise the rhythm: the baccarat drawing chart is the longer, two-or-three-card version of the same choice. Prefer dice? Sicbo’s Big and Small bets work at a similar pace.
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How to Get Started
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Back a side, not the tie
The Dragon and Tiger sides pay even money and carry the smallest cost on the table. The two tie bets pay well precisely because they rarely land.
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Read the tie rule in the help panel
Tables differ on what happens to Dragon and Tiger stakes when the cards tie. Check that one line before your first chip.
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Set a hand count for the speed
A round is one card per side, so hands fly past. Decide the number of hands and the peso total before you sit.
