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Jacks or Better Basic Strategy
On this page we will list a basic strategy for full pay Jacks or Better
that will give you a 99.54% expected return when played correctly. Full
pay Jacks or Better is also known as 9/6 Jacks or Better, where 9/6 references
the payout's for a Full House and a Flush respectively. There are many short
pay Jacks or Better variants available on the Internet, like f.e. 8/5 Jacks
or Better, and you should be aware of the fact that the basic strategy listed
here, is only valid for playing full pay 9/6 Jacks or Better.
Tip: Playtech casinos and Microgaming
casinos offer full pay Jacks or Better video poker.
Full pay Jacks or Better pay table
A full pay Jacks or Better pay table looks as follows:
| Hand |
Pay out |
| Royal Flush |
800 |
| Straight Flush |
50 |
| Four of a Kind |
25 |
| Full House |
9 |
| Flush |
6 |
| Straight |
4 |
| Three of Kind |
3 |
| Two Pair |
2 |
| Jacks or Better |
1 |
Jacks or Better basic strategy detailed
A basic Jacks or Better strategy that can be used to obtain (nearly) optimal
results is listed below. After you are dealt you initial five card hand, you
scan through this table from top to bottom to find the best card combination
to hold. If there is no combination you can make listed in the table,
you discard the hand completely. If there is one combination listed
in the table, you keep those cards, and discard the rest. If there is more
than one combination listed in the table you keep the most promising combination
(better hands are listed before worse hands), and discard the rest
.Pat Royal
Pat Straight Flush
Pat Four of a Kind
4 Royal
Pat Full House
Pat Flush
Three of a Kind
Pat Straight
4 STFL, Open, 2345s-9TJQs
Two Pair
4 STFL, Inside
High Pair JJ-AA
3 Royal
4 Flush
TJQK
Low Pair 22-TT
9TJQ
89TJ
QJ9s
JT9s
4 ST, Open, 2345-789T
QJ8s
3 STFL, Open, 345s-89Ts
KQ9s, KJ9s
QT9s, JT8s, J98s
QJs
AKQJ
KQs, KJs
AKs, AQs, AJs
4 ST, Inside, 3 Hi Cards
3 STFL, 2 Gaps, 1 Hi
3 STFL, 1 Gap, 0 Hi, +234s
KQJ
QJ
JTs
KQ, KJ
QTs
AK, AQ, AJ
KTs
Jack
Queen
King
Ace
3 STFL, 2 Gaps, 0 Hi
| Abbreviation |
Explanation |
| STFL |
Straight Flush |
| J |
Jack |
| K |
King |
| T |
Ten |
| A |
Ace |
| s |
Suited |
This Jacks or Better basic strategy was generated from
"TomSki's Video Poker Strategy Master". For more information on
creating other strategies for virtually any video poker game, click here.
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