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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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