> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Side bets

> Perfect Pairs and 21+3 — the paytables, and what they cost you.

Two optional side bets sit next to the main betting spot. Both are resolved on
the deal, before you make any decision about your hand, and neither affects how
the main hand plays.

> [!WARNING]
>
> Side bets carry a much higher house edge than the main hand — **6.109%** and
> **6.073%**, against **0.89%**. Over time they cost roughly about seven
> times as much per unit staked. They are printed here, and on the rules screen in the
> app, so that is a decision you make with the number in front of you.

## Perfect Pairs

Wins if your **first two cards** are a pair.

| Result | Pays | What it means |
| - | - | - |
| Perfect pair | **25:1** | Same rank, same suit |
| Coloured pair | **12:1** | Same rank, same colour, different suits |
| Mixed pair | **6:1** | Same rank, one red and one black |

House edge **6.109%**.

## 21+3

Wins if your **first two cards plus the dealer's up card** make a three-card
poker hand.

| Result | Pays | What it means |
| - | - | - |
| Suited trips | **30:1** | Three of the same rank and suit |
| Straight flush | **40:1** | Three in sequence, all one suit |
| Three of a kind | **30:1** | Three of the same rank, mixed suits |
| Straight | **10:1** | Three in sequence, mixed suits |
| Flush | **5:1** | Three of one suit |

House edge **6.073%**.

Ace-Queen-King counts as a straight, as does Ace-2-3. The best result pays; they
do not combine.

## Placing one

The side-bet spots sit beside your main spot on the felt and print their
paytables on the table — `PAIRS 6·12·25`, `21+3 5 – 100`. Tap chips onto them the
same way you bet the main hand.

The Deal button splits the total so you can see both parts: `0.15 bet + 0.01
side`.

At a shared table, other players' side bets show as small pucks beside their
spots.

## How they settle

Both are resolved the moment the cards come out. You are told the outcome on its
own line in the result panel — `Perfect Pairs · no pair · −0.01 ◎` — whether it
won or lost. A losing side bet is never quietly folded into the main result.

## They are checkable too

Side bets are dealt from the same committed shoe as the main hand, so
[verifying a round](https://aceup.mintlify.site/fair/verify-a-round.md) proves the side-bet cards as well.


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