Jacks or Better Video Poker Strategy
Jacks or Better is a popular type of video poker that is known for its nice chances of winning. If you are ready to play this game, you may like the following strategy tips. They are not complicated at all, however, the following information may be helpful in getting desired victory.
If you browse the net searching for Jacks or Better advices, you will see several different strategies that can be applied during the game, but usually they are rather complicated and require serious concentration. A mistake in such strategies is a synonym of defeat, that is why it’s preferable to stick to a simpler strategy first. By the way, expected return here is as high as 99.5%!
To apply this strategy, try to play your initial hand according with the following list: (note, when you see “high card” expression, this means jack or higher rank – jack, queen, king and ace)
- full house or better
- four to royal flush
- three of a kind, flush or straight
- four to a straight flush
- 2 pairs
- high pair
- three to royal flush
- four to a flush
- low pair
- 3 to straight flush
- 2 high cards of different suits
- 2 cards of the same suite, 10/J, 10/Q or 10/K
- 1 card of high rank
- discard all cards
Also it’s not bad to retain high cards as when doubled they return your bet. Do not forget about such terms as inside and outside straight. Outside straight means card sequence that can be completed at both ends, for example, 7, 8, 9 and 10. When you can complete card sequence only by finding a missing card in the middle, we get inside straight, for example, 6, 7, 9, 10. Also sequences like J, Q, K, A are also considered inside ones as they are already at extreme end.
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