Video Poker Pay Schedules
The following is an introduction to Video Poker strategy. We’ll be covering a basic strategy sheet that does not take into consideration penalty cards. Penalty cards are cards that are discarded which reduces the chance of completing a flush or a straight. The difference between using the most complete and hence, most complex strategy cards is rather small, usually less than 0.1%. Hence, many if not most advantage players ignore penalty cards.
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The first step in playing better video poker is choosing the right machine, and that doesn’t mean one the “feels right”, it means a machine with the best pay table.
| JOB Version | 9/6 | 9/5 | 8/6 | 8/5 | 7/6 | 7/5 | 6/5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full House | 45 | 40 | 35 | ||||
| Flush | 30 | 30 | 30 | 25 | |||
| Expected Value | 98.45 | 97.3 | 96.15 |
The variation in expected return is due to small changes in the payoff for flushes and full houses. The full-pay version of Jacks or Better is abbreviated 9/6 which means full houses pay 9 or 45 with 5 coins be and flushes pay 6 or 30 with 5 coins in. The game has an expected long run return of approximately 99.5% when using the following strategy.
Strategy for Jacks or Better(JOB 9/6)
[9/6 describes the version of Jacks or Better where a full house pays 9 units or 45 for max bet and a flush pays 6 units or 30 for max bet.]
All strategy list/cards work the same way, you start at the top of the list, and work you way down, until you come to the hand you have been dealt. The list/card will list the cards to hold.
The following is a strategy chart generated by the software package Video Poker Strategy Master by Tomski.
(The number on the left is the expected return by holding the indicated cards, for pat hands expected returns equals actual returns. The numbers are based on a single coin, hence a royal flush is marked 800; multiply by 5 for the five coin pay-out of 4,000. Look at the expected pay-off for two pair, which pays 2 for a single coin bet, is 2.5957. The extra .5957 factors in all possible improvements in the hand, which for two pair is a full house.)
800.0000 Pat Royal
50.0000 Pat Straight Flush
25.0000 Pat Four of a Kind
18.4255 4 Royal
9.0000 Pat Full House
6.0000 Pat Flush
4.3080 Three of a Kind
4.0000 Pat Straight
3.4282 4 STFL, Open, 2345s-9TJQs
2.5957 Two Pair
2.2307 4 STFL, Inside
1.5405 High Pair JJ-AA
1.3201 3 Royal
1.2447 4 Flush
0.8723 TJQK
0.8237 Low Pair 22-TT
0.7979 9TJQ
0.7447 89TJ
0.7280 QJ9s
0.7216 JT9s
0.6809 4 ST, Open, 2345-789T
0.6300 3 STFL, Open, 345s-89Ts
0.6253 KQ9s, KJ9s, QJ8s
0.6096 QT9s, JT8s, J98s
0.6079 QJs
0.5938 AKQJ
0.5858 KQs, KJs
0.5774 AKs, AQs, AJs
0.5319 4 ST, Inside, 3 Hi Cards
0.5318 3 STFL, 2 Gaps, 1 Hi
0.5260 3 STFL, 1 Gap, 0 Hi, +234s
0.5153 KQJ
0.5059 QJ
0.5008 JTs
0.4901 KQ, KJ
0.4804 QTs
0.4783 AK, AQ, AJ
0.4749 KTs
0.4742 Jack
0.4704 Queen
0.4682 King
0.4622 Ace
0.4376 3 STFL, 2 Gaps, 0 Hi
0.3598 Redraw
The following is my first iteration of making sense out of the above strategy list.
1. Hold the following pat hands Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four of a Kind, Full House.
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Notice that Flushes and Straights are NOT automatic holds.
2. For pat Flushes and Straights, that also contain 4 card royals, keep the 4 card royal and discard the fifth card. For example Ac-Kc-Qc-Jc-5c Break-up the pat club flush, keep the four card royal and discard the 5 of clubs.
3. Four Card Straight Flush open/no gaps
4. Two Pair
Two Pair beats High Pair, if you are dealt a pair a Jacks and a pair of fours, hold both pair, don’t throw away the 4s to go for quad Jacks.
5. Four Card Straight Flush Inside
Four Card Straight Flush beats High Pair
6. High Pair JJ-AA
7. Three to a Royal Flush
8. Four Flush
Notice Three card Royal beats Four Flush
9. K-Q-J-10
10. Low Pair (Pair of 2′s through pair of 10s)
11. Q-J-10-9 or J-10-9-8
12. Q-J-9 suited or J-10-9 suited
13. Four Straight 2-3-4-5 through 7-8-9-10
14. Q-J-8 suited
15. 3 card straight flush (with at least as many high cards as gaps)
5-6-7 suited works, no gaps so no high cards are needed
J-10-8 suited works, one gap but we have one high card
J-9-7 suited, doesn’t work because we have two gaps but only one high card
K-J-9 suited, works two gaps two high cards
16. A-K-Q-J unsuited
17. Two Suited High Cards
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18. Four Card Straight Inside Three High Cards
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19. Three Card Straight Flush 2 Gaps 1 High Card
20. Three Card Straight Flush 1 Gap 0 High Card
21. K-Q-J Unsuited
22. Q-J Unsuited
23. J-10 Suited
24. K-Q or K-J both unsuited
25. Q-10 Suited
26. A-K; A-Q; A-J all unsuited
27. K-10 Suited
28. Single High Card (A; K; Q; J)
29. Three Card Straight Flush; 2 Gaps; 0 High Cards
Notice in the first list that a single Jack is higher on the list than a single Queen and that the Ace is lowest on the list of single card holds. This may seem counterintuitive to most people, but the reasoning is actually straightforward. The Jack allows for a greater number of straights and straight-flushs than the other royal cards. If you hold an Ace you can only make a Ace high straight. If you hold a Jack, you can make a Ace, King, Queen, or Jack high straight, hence the Jack is the more valuable hold. The same idea is at work with Jack Ten suited being worth more than Queen Ten suited.
At first glance it may seem like a daunting task to learn the strategy for JOB, but the truth is, with a little practice on one of the many available software programs, JOB strategy is easily mastered. Most people find their enjoyment of playing video poker increases substantially once they have mastered the strategy to the game.
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| Contents: Video Poker Rules 1. Jacks Or Better/Tens or Better Strategy 2. Deuces Wild Video Poker Strategy 3. Jokers Wild Video Poker Strategy 4. All American Video Poker Strategy | See Also: Draw Poker Strategy Omaha Hi Poker Strategy 7-Card Stud Poker Strategy |
VIDEO POKER RULES
Video Poker is what you get if you cross Stud Poker with a slot machine and throw in a few wild cards. It's fast, almost like playing Stud, and you've got a huge range of options. You can choose Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, All American, Joker Poker or a number of other variations. Each game has its own personality and rewards a particular kind of play.Also, the machines let you play anything from 1 through 5 coins, with the payoffs improving at the high end of the scale. So if you know your Poker hands and take the time to learn your game, Video Poker can be fast, fun, and rewarding.
Each game has its own strategy. All American, for example, pays better than the others on straights and flushes, so that will effect your approach to card selection. The games do indeed have their own individual winning strategies, and taking the time to learn your game means better payoffs.
Objective
The player aims to get the best hand possible. The payoffs are marked right on the face of the Video Poker machine so it's a fast lesson in what the hand ranks are. All Video Poker variations rank hands the same, though a given variation may add an extra rank or two.
Betting
As you would expect from a slots version of Poker, betting is pretty straightforward in Video Poker. On any given machine you can typically choose $0.25, $0.50, $1, or $5 games. And the bets are 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, or 5x (Max Bet) whichever game you're playing. So if you're playing a $1 game, you can place bets of $1, $2, $3, $4, or $5.
Payoffs
The first thing to note is that the game face shows you the payoff for each betting level. Invariably playing Max Bet pays off better, overall, than any of the lower multiples. Smart players pick the betting level they are comfortable with and choose their game accordingly.
In other words, if you're comfortable with a $5 bet, then pick a $1 machine and play at Max Bet for $5. If $25 bets are more your speed, pick a $5 game because Max Bet (5x) puts you at the $25 level. In either case, you're getting the best payoff odds you can for that game. This is similar to Slots strategy.
Also of key importance is the fact that the payoff ratios vary from game to game. Where Jacks or Better may pay 25:1 for Four Of A Kind, All American typically pays 30:1 and Joker Poker only pays 20:1. These ratios do not necessarily reflect the true odds, so again, knowing your game helps you play smarter.
Pay Schedules
In a grouping of video poker machines, known as banks or carousels, all of which may look exactly the same, casinos will often 'mix-in' several VP machines with inferior pay programs (short/partial pay). Most often in such a bank of regular non-progressive, non-bonus VP machines, only 1 or 2 may be the Jacks or better 9/6 (nine coins for a full house, and 6 coins for a flush), while the rest are 8/5, 7/5, or even worse, 6/5.
This means that one player, on the 9/6 machine, will be winning more for the same hands than the other players. A 9/6 VP will generally hit the royal flush each 40,000 hands played, or every 80-100 hours of play, while the 8/5 each 45,000 hands, on average; the 7/5's each 50,000 hands; and the 6/5's only once about each 70,000 hands played.
If you bet 5 coins, all winning hands are paid out multiplied by a factor of 5, except for the royal flush. This is a bonus amount designed as an incentive to play five coins. All those players who play less than maximum coins are setting up the best payoffs for those who do.
VIDEO POKER STRATEGIES
The odds on a given hand vary from game to game, of course, but generally speaking the house edge on Video Poker games is pretty small, even 0% in some cases. Where the Video Poker games get an edge is with players who do not follow an optimum strategy. In other words, winging any given game based on a loose understanding of Poker is going to lose you money.
Each Video Poker variation has its own quirks when it comes to the odds and optimum player strategy. In the next section we'll give you a rough guide to the most popular games, but detailed strategy guides would take pages. Smart players can do pretty well at Video Poker.
1. Jacks Or Better/Tens or Better Poker Strategy
Keep any hand that already pays. Possible exceptions, by potential value, are:
- Hold four card Royal Flushes to make Straights or Flushes.
- Four card straight flushes, inside or outside.
- High card Pairs rank here.
- Three card Royal Flushes.
- Four card Flushes.
- Low Pairs rank here, trying to build Three Of A Kind.
- Four card Flushes.
- Four card Straights. Hold inside Straights only if you've got three or more high cards (J, Q, K, A).
If you've got nothing worth money, here's a general strategy, in order of preference:
- Keep any two suited high cards. Discard unsuited high cards.
- Four mixed-suit high cards:
-keep any three suited, toss the unsuited.
-otherwise, keep them all. - Three unsuited high cards:
-keep all three of K-Q-J.
-with A-K-J or A-Q-J, discard the A. - Keep any two unsuited high cards.
- Keep any single high card.
For Tens or better follow the same strategy as Jacks Or Better where 10 is now a high card.
2. Deuces Wild Video Poker Strategy
General strategy includes, best options first:
- Hold any 5 Of A Kind or Royal Flush.
- Else, if you've got four 2's: keep 'em!.
- Else, if you've got three 2's:
-hold any made 5 Of A Kind or Royal Flush
-otherwise, keep the 2's and discard the rest. - Else, if you've got two 2's:
-hold any made Straight, Five Of A Kind or Royal Flush.
-hold any 4 of a Kind.
-hold any 4 of a Royal Flush.
-otherwise, keep the 2's and discard the rest. - Else, if you've got a single 2, keep any made hand EXCEPT:
-hold four card Royal Flushes over made Straights, Flushes and Straight Flushes.
-keep four card Straight Flushes of all types.
-hold three card Royal Flushes .
-pairs: with two pair, keep one, but not both.
-hold four card Flushes.
-hold four card Straights.
-hold three card Straight Flushes, including gaps.
-hold four card inside Straights.
-hang on to two card Q or J high Straight Flushes .
-discard two card Royal Flushes.
-if you've come this low in the list, discard everything and try again.
Some players are reluctant to throw away five cards, but that is a most important strategy; you want to make room for additional card(s) that could be a deuce(s), and holding that ace or king is not going to help you if the next hand coming up could be four or five sevens.
Die hard Jacks or Better players will throw away complete hands-5 cards only 3% of the time, while Deuces Wild players almost 20% of the time - nearly every fifth hand.
Inside straights should be held, if presenting the best possible return from your initial five cards dealt. Therefore, a 5, 6, 8, 9 hand can produce a 7 or wild card in this VP version. Approximately every 5000 hands will hit four deuces - a secondary jackpot that will keep you in the game or allow you to pocket some winnings.
3. Jokers Wild Video Poker Strategy
Remember that only King and Ace are high cards: this is a Kings or Better game.
General strategy:
- Keep a Joker if you get it. You'll only see in once in ten hands, on average.
- If you do not hold the joker, keep three cards to a royal over a pair of aces or kings because of the higher payout. You could catch another ace or king and still be paid.
- Don't keep an inside Straight.
- If three cards are consecutive cards for a straight flush, i.e., 5, 6, 7 of hearts, discard other cards even a small pair, for the higher payback. If not consecutive, keep the small pair.
- Straight Flushes are a good payer and they occur considerably more frequently than in a game like Jacks or Better
4. All American Video Poker Strategy
Straights and Flushes pay well here so it tips the usual strategy in their favour:
- Prefer inside Straights over one or two high cards.
- Prefer 4 card outside Straights and 4 card flushes over pairs, even high ones.
- Hold any three cards to a Flush.
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