3 Pots Riches Extra: Hold & Win Slot Review
Rolling green hills, a carved wooden cabinet inlaid with shamrocks, three fat cauldrons of gold perched along the top rail: 3 Pots Riches Extra: Hold & Win looks like every Irish slot ever made, and it doesn’t play like one. Playson have put the interesting half of the game above the reels, not on them. What happens on those three cauldrons matters more than anything the paylines serve up.
It runs on a 5×3 grid with 25 fixed paylines, and the game doesn’t publish an RTP figure, which will put some players off before a single reel stops. The bonus round’s shape changes with every visit, and the studio’s own Clover Smash covers similar ground for anyone who wants the comparison.
Base Game & Features
The base game is straightforward line-pay territory. Wins land left to right across the 25 fixed lines, with only the highest combination on each line counting. The reels sit inside that carved reddish-brown cabinet, tiny shamrocks inlaid along the frame, while the three cauldrons – green, red and blue – perch along the top rail collecting as they go.
The premium symbols do the heavy lifting on pays. The values, as multiples of stake per line:
- Horseshoe: 0.75x for three, 3x for four, 15x for five
- Harp: 0.5x for three, 2x for four, 10x for five
- Beer Mug: 8x for five
- Money Bag: 6x for five
Below those sit the letter symbols – A, K and Q among them – which make up the low-paying end of the table. A scatter also sits among the reels, alongside the gold clover bonus coin that feeds the pots. The drop from a 15x top pay to single-symbol letters is steep, and it’s the coins and pots the base game is really built around.
The wild doubles the win of every payline it forms part of, which quietly makes it the most valuable symbol on the reels. A five-of-a-kind Horseshoe line with a wild in it pays double the listed figure. That one rule does more for base game returns than anything else here.
3 Pots Riches Extra: Hold & Win Bonus Game
The Three Pots
A gold coin carrying a clover is the bonus symbol, and when it lands, the pot above the reels matching its colour collects it. The combination of pots that have filled up by the time the Bonus Game fires is what decides which features the round runs with:
- Green pot: unlocks the Double feature in the round
- Red pot: unlocks the Mystery feature
- Blue pot: unlocks the Collect feature
Fill only one pot and the round runs with that single feature. Fill two or all three and they stack, which is where the bigger rounds come from. It’s a collection meter with a choice built in, and it keeps every gold clover coin that lands meaning something.
Inside the Bonus Game
The round plays out on a 3×3 pot and coin grid, with a counter along the edge tracking collections against the jackpot ladder. Coin values stick in place, and the named features modify what those coins do:
- Collect: each blue clover coin gathers every symbol value on the grid and adds them to its own
- Double: a green grid with an x2 multiplier coin that doubles the collected clover values across numbered spins
- Mystery: awards one of the other features at random
The Double Feature in Play
When the green pot has done its work, the Double feature takes over the grid. A green frame plays host to numbered spins – one, two, three and onward – with the x2 multiplier coin and the clover coin values collected across them. A running Total Win counter sits beside the spins, and each new coin that lands feeds it.
The multiplier coin is the whole point of the mode: every value it touches pays twice. Combined with a filled blue pot, the double can apply to a Collect sweep, which is the round this game saves its best moments for.
Jackpots
Bonus symbols can appear at random during the Bonus Game itself, and each one triggers its corresponding jackpot from the ladder:
- Mini
- Minor
- Major
- Grand
The Grand counter sits on the grid during play, ticking down the collections still needed – nine, then eight, and so on until the round delivers or ends. It’s the loudest thing in the game, and it works: a visible countdown gives every spin a stake in something.
Free Spins and Retriggers
The free spins mode awards additional spins on top of the wild’s line-doubling behaviour, and the Bonus Game can activate while it’s running. That stacking – a pot feature inside a free spins round – is where the game’s real upside lives, since a Collect pot firing during free spins pulls both engines at once.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
A session here is mostly pot-watching. The reels spin, the horseshoes and harps pay their modest way, and your attention drifts up to the cauldrons – because that’s where the game is actually happening, and it’s a genuinely pleasant place to keep an eye on. For players who enjoy a build, that’s the whole reason to sit down.
The mix-and-match bonus rounds are what it does best: no two feel the same, the Collect pot can snowball a grid of small coins into something real, and the Grand countdown keeps every spin honest. The shame is the silence around the numbers – no RTP, no maximum win, and a 15x top line pay that leaves the base game looking thin while the pots do the earning.
This one suits collectors: patient players who’d rather fill three cauldrons than chase a posted ceiling. Spec shoppers will walk away, and fairly so. If the slow accumulation of gold sounds like a good evening, the meadow’s green and the pots are empty.
3 Pots Riches Extra: Hold & Win FAQs
-
How do you trigger the Bonus Game in 3 Pots Riches Extra: Hold & Win?
The gold coin carrying a clover is the bonus symbol. Each pot above the reels collects the clover coins of its own colour, and the combination of pots that have activated determines which features the Bonus Game awards. -
What does the Collect feature do in 3 Pots Riches Extra: Hold & Win?
During the Bonus Game, each blue clover coin gathers all symbol values on the reels and adds them to its own value. It’s the feature that can turn a modest grid of coins into a much bigger total. -
Can the Bonus Game trigger during Free Spins in 3 Pots Riches Extra: Hold & Win?
Yes. Bonus Game activation is possible while the Free Spins mode is running, so a pot feature can fire on top of the free spins round. -
What does the wild symbol do in 3 Pots Riches Extra: Hold & Win?
Any win it helps to complete pays twice over, which makes it the most powerful symbol in the game. -
Which jackpots are available in 3 Pots Riches Extra: Hold & Win?
The jackpot ladder offers Mini, Minor, Major and Grand. Bonus symbols appearing at random during the Bonus Game trigger the corresponding jackpot, and the Grand counter is displayed on the grid during play. -
What does the Double feature do in 3 Pots Riches Extra: Hold & Win?
When the green pot activates the Bonus Game, the round runs a green grid with an x2 multiplier coin. Clover coin values collected across the numbered spins pay double, and a Total Win counter tracks the running total. -
How many paylines does 3 Pots Riches Extra: Hold & Win have?
It has 25 fixed paylines, with only the highest combination on each line counting towards a win. -
What is the grid size of 3 Pots Riches Extra: Hold & Win?
The main game uses a 5×3 layout. Inside the Bonus Game, play moves to a 3×3 grid where coin values and clover coins collect. -
Who makes 3 Pots Riches Extra: Hold & Win?
Playson. Their Clover Smash covers similar Irish-luck territory if this one appeals.
