Jacks Or Better Strategy

Jacks or Better is the baseline video poker game every other variant is built from, designed as a conservative, beginner-friendly game built around frequent two pairs and steady small payouts rather than big four-of-a-kind swings. Within the family, only the Full House and Flush payouts differ from one paytable to the next; every other hand pays the same across every Jacks or Better machine — the gap between a "full pay" 9/6 machine (98%+ return) and a much worse 6/5 one comes down to just those two numbers.

6 pay tables

Casinos run different Jacks Or Better pay tables under the same name — pick the one on your machine below for the exact pay table, key numbers, and hand-by-hand strategy.

• Jacks Or Better 9/6— 99.54%
• Jacks Or Better 9/5— 98.45%
• Jacks Or Better 8/6— 98.40%
• Jacks Or Better 8/5— 97.30%
• Jacks Or Better 7/5— 96.15%
• Jacks Or Better 6/5— 95.00%

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