The perfect pairs bet seems to be one of the worst but it is beatable under certain circumstances.
On our 6 deck games,
It pays 30:1 on pair of same card same suit.
10:1 for two black or red cards of same face,
5:1 for one red one black.
This edge I think was about 5% to 7%.
Now there seem to be a number of ways to count. If you are counting high low and it goes either way extremely high or extremely low you can get a small edge because the deck has more cards in a smaller value range.
Also I you are really really lucky you can simply count red and black, and if the deck has way more of 1 colour left than the other, the chance of a perfect pair that pays 30:1 goes up massively.
The problem is of course is that the house edge is 7.3% on the full 6 decks and deteriotes badly after that. Before the shuffle with only 1 deck left obviously the house edge has blown out to like 50%.
Any one know of any easy ways to beat this one? The red/black count need to get past a ratio of about 10:1 (depends on how many cards are left) which is so rare it almost never happens. But bets at the right time can get you about 2 - 4% edge when it does happen. But of course a perfect pair is so rare the variance is huge. Its sweet when you do hit a few perfects in a row though.
On our 6 deck games,
It pays 30:1 on pair of same card same suit.
10:1 for two black or red cards of same face,
5:1 for one red one black.
This edge I think was about 5% to 7%.
Now there seem to be a number of ways to count. If you are counting high low and it goes either way extremely high or extremely low you can get a small edge because the deck has more cards in a smaller value range.
Also I you are really really lucky you can simply count red and black, and if the deck has way more of 1 colour left than the other, the chance of a perfect pair that pays 30:1 goes up massively.
The problem is of course is that the house edge is 7.3% on the full 6 decks and deteriotes badly after that. Before the shuffle with only 1 deck left obviously the house edge has blown out to like 50%.
Any one know of any easy ways to beat this one? The red/black count need to get past a ratio of about 10:1 (depends on how many cards are left) which is so rare it almost never happens. But bets at the right time can get you about 2 - 4% edge when it does happen. But of course a perfect pair is so rare the variance is huge. Its sweet when you do hit a few perfects in a row though.