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Big Shark is five-card video poker
The name sounds like a fish slot, but Big Shark is a five-card draw poker machine. The pay table, the hold buttons and what the lowest win needs.
Don't let the name fool you. There's no shark, no ocean and no reels in Big Shark. It's a plain video poker machine tucked into the 3Win8 lobby, and the old page spent its whole length explaining poker in general instead of the game itself.
How a hand goes
You set the bet with the minus and plus buttons at the bottom left (0.10 in both screenshots) and press DEAL. Five cards come face up. Tap a card and a HOLD label appears under it. Then DRAW swaps every card you didn't hold, and the new hand is paid from the table at the top. TOTAL BETS and WIN boxes sit on the left of that table.
The pay table at a 0.10 bet
| Hand | Pays |
|---|---|
| Five Bars | 200.00 |
| Royal Flush | 100.00 |
| Five of a Kind | 50.00 |
| Straight Flush | 25.00 |
| Four of a Kind (J to A) | 10.00 |
| Four of a Kind (2 to 10) | 5.00 |
| Full House | 1.00 |
| Flush | 0.70 |
| Straight | 0.50 |
| Three of a Kind | 0.30 |
| Two Pair | 0.20 |
| Seven or Better | 0.10 |
Five of a kind is on the list, so the deck must have some kind of wild card, and Five Bars is probably tied to it. Neither shows up in our two screens, and there's no help page among them, so we can't say how often those cards turn up.
Compare the middle of the table with a normal Jacks or Better machine. A full house returns 10 times the bet and a flush 7 times, and a pair of sevens only gets your stake back. That's the price of the big lines at the top.
If you want cards with a dealer feel, the 918Kiss Blackjack page is the closest thing on this site. On 3Win8 itself, Frog Jump is the other game that isn't a regular slot. Everything else is on the 3Win8 list, with install notes on the 3Win8 overview. The partner page hands out game IDs if you decide to try it.
Poker skill helps a little with holds, but the machine still keeps its edge. 18+ only, online gambling is illegal in Malaysia, and our responsible gaming page is worth a read before any top-up.
Questions people ask
What kind of game is Big Shark on 3Win8?
It's a five-card draw video poker machine. You get five cards, pick which ones to hold, then press DRAW to replace the rest. There are no reels and no shark on screen.
What is the lowest winning hand in Big Shark?
Seven or Better. The pay table shows it at 0.10 on a 0.10 bet, which just returns your stake. Two pair pays 0.20 and three of a kind 0.30.
What does Five Bars mean in Big Shark?
It's the top line of the pay table, 200.00 on a 0.10 bet. Our screenshots don't show the help page that explains it, so check the rules inside the app before chasing it.
18+ only. Real-money game, and online gambling is illegal in Malaysia. Don't play with money you need, and stop when it stops being fun. Responsible gaming.
