BigBunny Perfect Pairs: Three Pairs, One Side Bet
Perfect Pairs is a blackjack side bet that wins when your first two cards are a pair.
Key facts and contents
- BigBunny Blackjack
- In blackjack you try to beat the dealer's hand without going over 21.
- BigBunny Face Cards
- Face cards are the jack, queen and king, 12 in a 52-card pack.
- BigBunny Poker
- In Texas Hold'em poker you get two private cards, share five community cards, and make the best five-card hand.
- BigBunny Roulette
- Roulette is a wheel game: you bet where the ball will land among 37 pockets (single zero) or 38 (double zero).
Perfect Pairs is a small extra bet among the card games you can learn on this site: you place it next to your main stake at a blackjack table, and it answers one question: are your first two cards a pair? It recognises three kinds of pair, each stricter than the one before. This page defines all three, shows how the bet is settled, and points you to the table’s own paytable for the payouts. If you are new to the main game, start with how a blackjack hand runs.
The three pairs Perfect Pairs recognises
All three pairs need two cards of the same rank. The difference is in the suits and colours of the two cards.
| Pair | What it needs | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Mixed pair | Same rank, different colours | Seven of hearts and seven of clubs |
| Coloured pair | Same rank, same colour, different suits | Nine of hearts and nine of diamonds |
| Perfect pair | Same rank and same suit | Queen of spades and queen of spades |
Hearts and diamonds are red, and spades and clubs are black. A perfect pair is the rarest of the three, and it only turns up when the shoe holds more than one deck.
How the side bet is settled
The bet is placed before the cards are dealt, on its own betting spot next to your main stake. It is settled the moment your first two cards are dealt.
- You place the side-bet chip beside your main stake.
- You receive your first two cards.
- If they form any of the three pairs, the side bet wins at the table’s rate for that pair.
- If they do not, the side-bet chip is lost and your main hand carries on.
Nothing that happens afterwards changes the result: hitting, standing, doubling and the dealer’s draw have no effect on the side bet. Two cards of equal rank also count when they are two court cards, so a king and a king is a pair even though both are worth 10 in the hand.
Reading the paytable before you stake
Every table that offers Perfect Pairs prints its own payouts for the mixed, coloured and perfect pair. This page prints none, because the numbers differ between tables and between studios. Open the table’s info or help screen, find the Perfect Pairs entry, and read what each pair pays and what the side-bet limits are.
The lobby’s Live Feed lane lists Evolution among its studios, and Evolution’s studio profile covers what that studio makes. The side bets a given table carries are on that table’s info screen.
Is the side bet worth adding?
A side bet is an extra stake on a separate outcome, and the money you put on it is not part of your blackjack hand. Set the side-bet stake in three steps before you sit down.
- Fix your total budget for the session.
- Choose a small, fixed share of it for the side bet, such as 10 percent.
- Stop adding to the side bet when that share is spent.
If you prefer a game with no side bets, roulette bets and what each pays has one stake per bet, and how a poker hand runs has none at all. The wider set of card games and what each asks of you lists them together.
FAQ
What is a perfect pair in Perfect Pairs?
Two cards of the same rank and the same suit, such as two queens of hearts. It needs a shoe with more than one deck, because a single deck holds only one of each card.
Does the side bet depend on the dealer's cards?
No. It is settled on your first two cards alone, before the dealer's hand matters.
Does the Perfect Pairs bet change my main blackjack hand?
No. It is a separate stake. You can win the side bet and lose the hand, or the other way round.
Where do I find the payouts?
On the table's own info or help screen, or its paytable. This page lists no payouts, because they vary from table to table.