What do you mean, three belts can't afford it?

"Three belts and one can't afford it" is a common term in the landlord poker game. It is usually used to describe the cards in hand games.

"Three belts and one" means that in a hand, the player has three identical cards (such as three twos) and a single card (such as a five). According to the rules of the game, in some cases, three belts and one card combination is relatively strong, and it is usually easier to overwhelm other smaller cards.

"Can't afford to play" means that players can't play cards bigger than their current hands. When it's the player's turn to play cards, if he doesn't have a bigger card type than the last one, he will say "I can't afford to play", which means he won't play cards and needs to skip several rounds of playing cards.

On the whole, "three belts and one can't afford it" means that the player has only three belts and one card, but this card can't beat the cards played by his family under the current situation, so he chooses not to play cards and gives up the right to play cards in this round.