POPULAR CASINO GAMES  POKER - JACKS OR BETTER

Jacks or Better - Rules of Thumb

Become a Jacks or Better aficionado and learn some simple strategies for this video poker game. Using this tip can generate an expected return of 99.46%. Mistakes occur on one bet every 1178 hands, which is not too shabby at all.

To employ this strategy, find out all the right ways to play a first hand dealing with the following group of hands and choose the highest from the group. Remember folks, jacks or higher constitute high cards.

Full house or better
4 to a royal flush
Straight, three of a kind, or flush
4 to a straight flush
Two pair
High pair
3 to a royal flush
4 to a flush
Low pair
4 to an outside straight
2 suited high cards
3 to a straight flush
2 unsuited high cards (if more than 2 pick then pick lowest 2)
Suited 10/J, 10/Q, or 10/K
One high card
Discard everything