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Side Bet City: Payout Tables and Strategy for 3-Card, 5-Card, and 7-Card Hand Bets
By M8BET Editorial · Updated March 2025 · 6 min read
Side Bet City strips poker down to its essence: three bets on three hands of different sizes, one shared set of community cards. Here are the payout tables and how to think about each bet.
How Side Bet City Works
A game uses two hole cards and a set of community cards. You can bet on a 3-card hand (your two hole cards plus one community card), a 5-card hand (plus two more community cards) or a 7-card hand (plus the full board). Each bet is settled independently against a pay table.
Payout Tables
The three bets have escalating payout tables: the 7-card hand pays the biggest prizes for the strongest poker hands, while the 3-card hand is easier to hit but pays less. The larger the hand, the rarer the top outcomes.
- Three bets: 3-card, 5-card and 7-card hands
- Shared community cards determine all three
- Bigger hands pay more but hit less often
- Each bet settles independently
Strategy for the Bets
There is no player decision after the wager, so strategy is really bet selection and sizing. Choose the hand size that matches your appetite for variance, and keep the total outlay within a sensible session budget.
Playing Well
Because the game is fixed-odds, treat it as a lottery-style poker hybrid. Understand each pay table before you bet, and remember that all three bets carry a house edge.