Perfect Pairs Blackjack

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Perfect Pairs blackjack is a gimmick, plain and simple, and it is best for the serious blackjack player to keep this in mind when playing the game. The Perfect Pairs blackjack variation is most often found in casinos located in Australia, Macau, and London. Perfect Pairs follows the same rules as in standard Blackjack and offers an additional bet that is won by getting a pair. Perfect Pairs is a thinker's game and a game for those in search for a game filled with challenges and juicy payouts. Perfect Pairs Blackjack Strategy When playing a round of Perfect Pairs Blackjack, it is important to keep the house edge in mind. Most casinos offer a house edge between 2% to 11%. A perfect pair has a probability of emerging once every 60 hands.

Introduction

I'm aware of two side bets calling themselves Perfect Pair or Perfect Pairs. I'll divide them into a version 1 and version 2.

Perfect Pairs Blackjack

Version 1

  1. Perfect Pairs blackjack is seen by many as the more exciting variant of Blackjack, even if it is basically a standard casino classic that also offers players a chance to.
  2. Perfect Pairs Blackjack Perfect Pairs is one of the most popular blackjack variations and it could be found online, as well as in various brick-and-mortar casinos in the United States, Europe, Macau, and Australia. Often presented as a separate game of 21, it is actually a traditional European blackjack with a side bet called Perfect Pairs.

Version 1 goes by the plural name Perfect Pairs. It may be found in casinos in Australia, Macau, and London. It pays if the player's first two cards are a pair. The following table shows the specifics. A 'perfect pair' is two identical cards (like two ace of spades). A 'colored pair' is two cards of the same rank and color (like the ace of spades and ace of clubs). There are four pay tables that I am aware of, which are referred to as A to D below. The following four tables show how the odds of each pay table.

Internet casinos using live dealer studios by Evolution Gaming the following pay table.

Pay Table A — 8 decks

HandPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
Perfect pair2514560.0168670.421687
Colored pair1216640.0192770.231325
Red/black pair633280.0385540.231325
Non-pair-1798720.925301-0.925301
Total863201-0.040964

Pay Table B — 8 decks

HandPaysCombintionsProbabilityReturn
Perfect pair3014560.0168670.506024
Colored pair1016640.0192770.192771
Red/black pair533280.0385540.192771
Non-pair-1798720.925301-0.925301
Total863201-0.033735

Pay Table C — 8 decks

HandPaysCombintionsProbabilityReturn
Perfect pair2514560.0168670.421687
Colored pair1216640.0192770.231325
Red/black pair533280.0385540.192771
Non-pair-1798720.925301-0.925301
Total863201-0.079518

Pay Table D — 8 decks

Perfect Pairs Blackjack Odds

HandPaysCombintionsProbabilityReturn
Perfect pair2514560.0168670.421687
Colored pair1516640.0192770.289157
Red/black pair533280.0385540.192771
Non-pair-1798720.925301-0.925301
Total863201-0.021687

The next table shows the expected return under all four pay tables, according to the number of decks.

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Perfect Pairs Expected Returns

DecksPay Table APay Table BPay Table CPay Table D
2-0.223301-0.252427-0.262136-0.203883
4-0.101449-0.106280-0.140097-0.082126
5-0.077220-0.077220-0.115830-0.057915
6-0.061093-0.057878-0.099678-0.041801
8-0.040964-0.033735-0.079518-0.021687

Version 2

Version 2 goes by the singular name Perfect Pair. It can be found at Internet casinos using live dealer software by Evolution Gaming. Despite the singular title, it pays for one or two Perfect Pairs. A Perfect Pair is defined by the player's or dealer's initial two cards matching in both rank and suit.

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Evolution uses eight decks in the blackjack game, so I am basing this return table on eight decks. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 8.05%.

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Version 2 — 8 Decks

EventPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
Two perfect pairs 200 2,101,008 0.000285 0.056941
One perfect pair 25 244,747,776 0.033166 0.829138
Zero perfect pairs -1 7,132,734,336 0.966550 -0.966550
Total 7,379,583,120 1.000000 -0.080470

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Next, here is the house edge for 2, 4, 6, and 8 decks.

Version 2 House Edge

DecksHouse Edge
2 48.08%
4 21.50%
6 12.54%
8 8.05%

There is another version of version 2 that pays 25 to 1 for one or two perfect pairs. The house edge on that, assuming eight decks, is 13.03%. This side bet is also seen in baccarat, where I have a separate page for it.


Written by: Michael Shackleford