Mastering or at least memorizing basic strategy will allow you to know how to play all your possible hands.
The table below shows some side bets with their respective payouts and odds to win: The perfect pair that requires two cards of the same rank, suit, and symbol is the hardest combination to produce so it has the highest payout and highest odds to win. A colored pair of a Queen of diamonds and Queen of hearts or 3 of spades and 3 of clubs is harder to produce, which is why the payout is higher. Certain winning conditions must be met and the payout and odds to win will vary according to how difficult it is to produce the hand.įor perfect pair side bets, for example, a mixed pair is easier to produce as long as a hand is formed using two cards of the same rank, even if the suit is different like the 10 of spades and 10 of hearts. These side bets are only a few of a multitude of different bets offered by different casinos and gaming providers according to the blackjack variation available.