The different side bets at the online casino

For several years now, the online casino has been a great success with the Internet community. This is easily explained by the ease of access to these 2.0 casinos, no need to travel to the other side of the country to enjoy the joys of casinos. Now all you need is an internet connection and a computer or cell phone.

At online casinos, you can find many slot machines as well as some live table games like blackjack or roulette. To spice up the players' sessions, live table game providers have added what are called side bets. These are not mandatory and do not change the course of the games on which they can be found, but are offered in addition to the initial bet, allowing players to bet on an extra shot. This means that even if the player loses on the main game, he can still expect to win some money from his side bets.

Blackjack

When it comes to side bets, blackjack is definitely THE game with the most side bets.

21+3

The 21+3 is a side bet on which the player must bet before the dealer deals the cards. This bet allows you to bet on the three open cards available on the table: the dealer's open card and the player's two cards. With these three cards, it is possible to make combinations (inspired by poker), such as a suit or a straight.

The rarer the combination, the higher the payout. Below you can see the payouts for the different possible combinations.

Perfect Pair

In order to bet on this side bet, it is necessary for the player to put his bet before the deal. The Perfect Pair, as the name implies, only takes into account the player's two cards to create a pair. Here, the power of the pair is not calculated by its height as in poker, but more by its suit. For example, it is rarer to get a pair of 7s of hearts than a pair of odd 7s.

The higher the power of the pair, the higher the payout. Of course, there are not thousands of possible pairs with this system, but exactly three. Below are the payouts for the different pairs you can expect to get.

Insurance

Insurance is a bet only available during the game. During a game of blackjack, when the dealer gets an Ace on an open card, the casino offers the player to take insurance at the price of half of the player's initial bet. This insurance allows the player to insure his hand if the dealer has a blackjack. If this is the case, the player will get his bet back and will have lost only a small portion of his balance in the end.

The little advice we can give you regarding insurance is to never take it except when you have blackjack. This allows you to be a winner with your blackjack even if the dealer gets blackjack as well.

Ultimate Poker

Ultimate Poker is a poker game based on the rules of Texas Hold'em. The only parameter that changes is the fact that you are not playing against players but against the dealer face to face! Other than that, all the rules are the same: 2 cards dealt with the player, 2 cards to the dealer, a flop, a turn, and a river.

Trips

As said before, the rules remain the same, so the order of the combinations and their values too. By betting on the "Trips" side bet (before the deal), the player can expect an additional payout based on the strength of his hand at the end of the round. Generally, the Bonus pays from the three of a kind to the Royal Flush, which pays 50 times the bonus bet.

Below is the bonus payout table according to the strength of the player's hand.

Useful links

• Ultimate Poker Rules

• Blackjack Rules

• The Blackjack Strategy Board