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Video poker: Jacks or Better strategy
Introduction
Nowadays lots of casinos don't offer Black Jack if you are playing for a casino bonus, and if so, you should look around for video poker, because it has the second-best payout of 99.54%. Since the payout is not as good as in Black Jack, you should not expect to win in every second hand, but you do have the chance of winning big time in just one hand.
Payout
You should only play video poker with a payout of 99.54%. This is the maximum payout and you will only be able to get it at those casinos that use software from Playtech (Europa Casino) and Microgaming (River Belle Online Casino). If the casino is using Cryptologic software (Inter Casino) then play the game called "Double Bonus" with a 99.11% payout. Stay away from video poker in casinos using Boss Media software.
Remember to select the "Bet Max" option. By choosing this option you will bet at lot more at a time (5x) and be able to win accordingly. Let's say you get a Royal Flush then you will get your money back multiplied by 800! When you place a bet of $1 the Bet Max option will times it with five and thereby make it a bet of $5. When using the Bet Max option we recommend you to place a bet of 25 cent to $1, thereby making it $1,25 - $5.
It is also a good idea to choose "Jacks or Better Power Poker", "Jacks or Better Multihand" or "4-line Jacks or Better" and thereby fulfill the wager requirements faster.
| Hand |
Payout (multiplied by bet) |
Example |
| Royal Flush |
x 800 |
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| Straight Flush |
x 50 |
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| Four of a Kind |
x 25 |
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| Full House |
x 9 |
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| Flush |
x 6 |
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| Straight |
x 4 |
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| Three of a Kind |
x 3 |
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| Two Pairs |
x 2 |
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| Jacks or Better |
x 1 |
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The Jacks or Better strategy
The goal is to get at least a pair of Jacks. When the first five cards has been dealt to you, you check the list below of what cards to keep and what cards to throw away.
- Straight Royal Flush, Straight Flush or four of a kind
- Four to a Royal Flush
- Straight Full House, Flush, three of a kind or Straight
- Four to a Straight Flush
- Two pairs
- A pair of Jacks or Better
- Three to a Royal Flush
- Four to a Flush
- Low pair
- Four to an outer Straight
- Suited, high cards
- Three to a Straight Flush
- Unsuited, high cards (if more than two, choose the two lowest ones)
- Suited TJ TQ or TK
- One high card
- Rubbish, replace all cards
 | | A Royal Flush on a 4-line Jacks or Better video poker machine. |
Legend:
T: 10
J: Jack
Q: Queen
K: King
A: Ace
High card: Jack through Ace
Good luck playing at the machines!
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