Jacks or Better Video Poker
Don't know how to win at Jacks or Better Video Poker? This page help you to find optimal strategy for Jacks or better VP.
Jacks or Better payout table
The table shows various variants of payments and corresponding to them return:
Royal flush | 940 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 |
Straight flush | 50 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 50 | 50 |
4 of a kind | 25 | 25 | 80 | 20 | 80 | 25 |
Full house | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Flush | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Straight | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
3 of a kind | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
2 pair | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Jacks or better | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Return | 99.9% | 99.54% | 98.49% | 98.25% | 97.4% | 97.3% |
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Royal flush | 800 | 800 | 1000 | 1000 | 800 |
Straight flush | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
4 of a kind | 80 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 25 |
Full house | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Flush | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Straight | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
3 of a kind | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
2 pair | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Jacks or better | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Return | 96.25% | 96.15% | 95.51% | 95.48% | 95.00% |
Full pay Jacks or Better strategy
Let's review strategy for Full pay Jacks or Better (9/6 JoB VP). In first we review simple strategy which provides advantage of a casino of only 0,54 %. Strategy speaks about what combinations of cards the player should keep:
- Full house or better
- 4 cards for Royal flush
- Straight, 3 of a kind or Flush
- 4 cards for Straight flush
- 2 pair
- Jacks or better
- 3 cards for Royal flush
- 4 cards for Flush
- Younger pair (tens or smaller)
- 4 cards for external Straight
- 2 senior cards of one colour
- 3 cards for Straight flush
- 2 senior cards of different colours (if it is more than 2 senior cards to leave younger of them)
- 10/Jack, 10/Queen, 10/King of one colour
- One senior card
- Reset all
Senior cards - from Jack to Ace
External Straight - four cards successively (for example, 5,6,7,8,) unlike internal Straight, where between four cards to Straight - a hole (for example, 5,6,8,9)
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