Jacks or Better Video Poker
Jacks or Better Video Poker is the one of the most common video poker variations you will find in casinos. It is a great game to play if you are new to video poker or you have limited bankroll as it has a relatively low variance and full pay machines are quite easy to find.
As the name suggests the lowest possible hand is a pair of jacks or better (J, Q, K or A’s).
The payout tables vary from machine to machine, and are classified by the ratio of payout between the Full House and Flush hands. A "Full Pay" Jacks or Better Video Poker machine offers returns as detailed in the chart below, known as the 9/6 chart.
Jacks or Better, Full Pay
Hand - Payout
Royal Flush - 800x
Straight Flush - 50x
Four of a Kind - 25x
Full House - 9x
Flush - 6x
Straight - 4x
Three of a Kind - 3x
Two Pair - 2x
JJ, QQ, KK, AA - 1x
None of the above - None
This is the optimal pay table to look for. Jacks or Better machines with such pay table has a payout percentage of 99.54% when you play five coins per hand.
There are three common strategies for Jacks or Better Video poker:
1. Simple strategy. Using the strategy on a full pay machine will result in an expected return of 99.46%.
2. Intermediate strategy. Using the strategy on a full pay machine will result in an expected return of 99.52%.
3. Optimal strategy. "Full pay" designates the following pay table, per coin based on five coins bet, which returns 99.54% of money bet assuming optimal strategy.
To learn Jacs or Better it is best if you practice at home using video poker tutorial software like Video Poker for Winners.
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