Jacks or Better Video Poker

One of the most common Video Poker variation played in casinos worldwide is Jacks or Better. This is a variant in which payoffs starts at a pair of Jacks or Better, which gives a theoretical return of 99.5%.

Objective

The objective of this Video Poker variant (Jacks or Better) is to create one of the winning hand, while creating a Jacks or Better hand pays lowest payout of 1:1 the highest paying hand is always Royal Flush, with a 800:1 payout.

Rules for playing Jacks or Better

Jacks or better is the easiest and one of the most loved Video Poker variant. The game play is simple you have to draw cards, hold the right ones and create a hand that comes in the payoff combination. A hand with Jacks or anything better pays. Payout increases with the ranking value of the created; with a bigger hand you get better payout.

The minimum betting for jacks or better is $1 and you can bet maximum up to $5. Once you have made your bet, you click on the Deal/Draw button and wait for the RNG to display five random cards on the screen. With a Hold button given below each of the five cards, you get to choose which card you want to keep which card to discard.

Jacks or Better Poker Hand

	Royal flush
	Straight
	Flush
	Four of a kind
	Full house
	Flush
	Straight
	Three of a kind
	Two pair
	Jacks or better

Card holding Strategies

	On being dealt with a non-paying hand in a game of jacks or better always hold any four cards to straight flush and flush.
	It is advisable that you hold any three cards to a royal flush and straight flush.
	Hold any two high cards with same suit or any two high cards with separate suits.
	Hold any lower pair like tens or lower, any single high card.
	Always hold 10, J, Q or K with same or separate suits.
	When dealt with a combination of AQJ or AKJ, get rid of Ace.
	Hold four cards to flushes, straight flushes and four cards to straights.
	When trying to create a hand of three of a kind, hold low pairs rank.
	When you are dealt with four unsuited card hand, prefer to keep any three and discard the rest.

Jacks or Better Payout

Payout for Jacks or Better for minimum and maximum bet on each hand offers is as follows: Royal Flush (minimum 250 and maximum 4,000), Straight Flush (minimum 50 and maximum 250), Four of a kind (minimum25 and maximum 125), full house (minimum 9 and maximum 45), flush (minimum 6 and maximum 30), straight (minimum 4 and maximum 20), three of a kind (minimum 3 and maximum 15), two pairs (minimum 2 and maximum 10) and pair of Jacks or Better (minimum 1 and maximum 5).