Pair Plus Bet
The Pair Plus bet can be made alone or with the Ante / Play bet. Either way the bet is won or lost with the three cards you are dealt. Hands of a pair or higher win and the dealers hand is irrelevant. If played alone the bet is a one move bet that resolves when the cards are dealt.
If you play both bet types the win is not paid until the Ante / Play is resolved. With both bets you have to make the Play bet to get the pay off for the Pair Plus which is not a problem as you should always make the Play bet with a pair or higher anyway.
How to Play the Pair Plus Bet
To make a bet on Pair Plus you simply place a chip or chips on the Pair Plus betting spot marked in front of you on the table.
Pair Plus Payoffs
There are a lot of variations for the Pair Plus pay table. The most popular and what is considered full pay is 40, 30, 6, 4, 1 and has a house edge of around 2.3%. Many casinos use slight variations on the pay table to increase the house edge.
Pay Table Comparisons
The differences in pay outs might seem trivial they make a big change to the house edge. Pay table (E) below shows that with just a 1 unit change in the pay for a flush the house edge grows from 2.3% to over 7%.
Hand |
Odds |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
Straight Flush |
1 in 460 |
40 |
40 |
35 |
40 |
40 |
3 of a Kind |
1 in 425 |
30 |
25 |
25 |
30 |
30 |
Straight |
1 in 30 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
Flush |
1 in 20 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
Pair |
1 in 5.9 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
House Edge |
|
2.32% |
3.49% |
4.57% |
5.57% |
7.27% |
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