Tens or Better Video Poker

Tens or better is a five card video poker variant of Jacks or Better and thus holds similarity in the game ply and strategies. Tens or Better is usually played with a normal 52 card deck shuffled by RNG

Objectives

Tens of Better being a variant of 6/5 Jacks or better is played with payoff starting at a pair of Tens instead of a pair of Jacks. Like any other variant, the objective here is to simply get a five card hand with higher rank combination.

Rules for Tens or Better

The game is played with simple video poker rules, irrespective of the variant. You make a bet and play for the top most winning hand or a low rank winning hand.  The tens or better video poke machine screen has all the winning hand ranking and payoffs given on the top, including the minimum and maximum bet conditions.
In Tens or Better video poker a usual minimum and maximum bet mark is $1 and $5, which means you can bet anywhere from $1 , $2, $3,$4 or $5.  In a bet of $5 hands are paid multiplied by 5 with an exception of Royal Flush.

Tens or Better poker hand

	Royal Flush
	Straight Flush
	Four of a Kind
	Full House
	Flush
	Straight
	Three of a Kind
	Two Pairs
	Tens or Better

Card holding strategies

Poker hands in tens or Better

	Although it is a common fact that any hand that pays must be held back, but there are always exceptions in cards that are dealt.
	Always hold four card Royal Flushes to create Flushes or Straight
	Hold four card flushes, three card royal flushes; high card pairs rank four card straight flushes.
	It is important that you hold four card straight, but you must also know that if you have more than three high cards (like 10, J, Q, K and A) than holding any straight would benefit.
	When trying to create a Three of kind hand, holding low pairs rank is good.
	Always hold any two high cards with same suits or any two unsuited high cards.
	Always hold single cards like A or K or Q or J or 10.
	When dealt with unsuited high cards, prefer to hold J, Q and K. If the combination is AKJ or AQJ, prefer to discard the Ace card.
	You should not discard any winning hand, unless and until you get four cards to Royal Flush.
	It would be advisable that you discard all the five dealt cards when you don’t have 3 cards to Royal Flush, Flush and Straight, as well as no High or Low pair.
	Always hold a non-paying low pair, while discarding the other cards.
	You must avoid holding a face card when the hand contains a low pair, as it increases the probability of hitting three of a kind. Except when your hand has 3 cards to royal flush or four cards to flush or straight, this exception requires you to get rid of low pair instead of the face card.

Tens or Better Payout

Payout for Tens or Better for minimum and maximum bet on each hand offers is as follows: Royal Flush (minimum 500 and maximum 4,000), Straight Flush (minimum 50 and maximum 250), Four of a kind (minimum25 and maximum 125), full house (minimum 6 and maximum 30), flush (minimum 5 and maximum 25), straight (minimum 4 and maximum 20), three of a kind (minimum 3 and maximum 15), two pairs (minimum 2 and maximum 10) and Tens or Better (minimum 1 and maximum 5).