Video Poker

Video Poker

Video poker comes in several different variations of five-card draw poker: Joker's Wild, Bonus Poker, Double bonus, Double Double Bonus, Tripple Bonus, Let it Ride, Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild and more.

Video poker offer the best payback percentages among slots and video slots. This is because video poker machines software is required to operate with a standard 52 deck of cards. Therefore your odds of hitting a certain hand is the same as playing cards at home. Below are the standard payouts or paytables for video slots:

"Jacks or Better" is the most common variation of video poker available. Payoffs begin at a pair of jacks or better. Full pay Jacks or Better is also known as 9/6 Jacks or Better; the 9 refers to the payoff for a full house and the 6 refers to the payoff for a flush. Full pay Jacks or Better has a theoretical return of 99.54% when played with perfect strategy.

Hand	1 credit	2 credits	3 credits	4 credits	5 credits
Royal Flush	250	500	750	1000	4000*
Straight Flush	50	100	150	200	250
Four of a kind	25	50	75	100	125
Full House	9	18	27	36	45
Flush	6	12	18	24	30
Straight	4	8	12	16	20
Three of a Kind	3	6	9	12	15
Two Pair	2	4	6	8	10
Jacks or Better	1	2	3	4	5
Theoretical Return	98.05%	98.05%	98.05%	98.05%	99.54%*

*Notice the gap between the payoff for a Royal Flush played with 4 credits vs. one with 5 credits. The payoff schedule for most video poker machines has a gap like this, such that players who do not play with the maximum number of credits at a time are playing with a smaller theoretical return.

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"Tens or Better" is a variation of 6/5 Jacks or Better. The minimum paying hand is a pair of tens, rather than a pair of Jacks. Strategy is similar between the two games, in spite of the very different full house and flush payout's.

"Deuces Wild" is a variation of video poker in which all twos are wild. (Wild cards substitute for any other card in the deck in order to make a better poker hand). In Deuces Wild, the payout for a four of a kind makes up approximately 1/3 of the payback percentage of the game, and a four of a kind occurs on average approximately every fifteen hands. Deuces Wild can be found with pay schedules that offer a theoretical return as high as 100.762%, when played with perfect strategy. It is also available with other pay schedules that have lesser theoretical returns:

Hand	1 credit	2 credits	3 credits	4 credits	5 credits
Natural Royal Flush	300	600	900	1200	4000*
Four Deuces	200	400	600	800	1000
Wild Royal Flush	25	50	75	100	125
Five of a Kind	15	30	45	60	75
Straight Flush	9	18	27	36	45
Four of a Kind	5	10	15	20	25
Full House	3	6	9	12	15
Flush	2	4	6	8	10
Straight	2	4	6	8	10
Three of a Kind	1	2	3	4	5
Theoretical Return	99.679%	99.679%	99.679%	99.679%	100.762%*

*Notice the gap between the payoff for a Natural Royal Flush played with 4 credits vs. one with 5 credits. The payoff schedule for most video poker machines has a gap like this, such that players who do not play with the maximum number of credits at a time are playing with a negative theoretical return.

"Bonus Poker" is a video poker game based on Jacks or Better, but Bonus Poker offers a higher payout percentage for four of a kind. The player is dealt five cards and can then choose which cards to keep or discard. New cards are dealt accordingly. The final hand must consist of a pair of Jacks or higher in order to win.

The game has multiple versions featuring different bonus payout's based on the ranking of the four of a kind.

"Double Bonus" video poker is a variation of Jacks or Better with a bonus payout for four aces. This variation offers up to a theoretical return of 100.1725%, when played with perfect strategy. It is also available with other pay schedules that have lesser theoretical returns:

Hand	1 credit	2 credits	3 credits	4 credits	5 credits
Royal Flush	250	500	750	1000	4000*
Straight Flush	50	100	150	200	250
Four Aces	160	320	480	640	800
Four 2, 3, or 4	80	160	240	320	400
Four 5-K	50	100	150	200	250
Full House	10	20	30	40	50
Flush	7	14	21	28	35
Straight	5	10	15	20	25
Three of a Kind	3	6	9	12	15
Two Pair	1	2	3	4	5
Jacks or Better	1	2	3	4	5
Theoretical Return	99.1079%	99.1079%	99.1079%	99.1079%	100.1725%*

*Notice the gap between the payoff for a Royal Flush played with 4 credits vs. one with 5 credits. Players who do not play with the maximum number of credits at a time are playing with a negative theoretical return.

"Double Double Bonus" video poker is a variation of Jacks or Better which offers bonus payoffs for different four of a kinds, as seen in the payout table below. Full pay Double Double Bonus can be found with pay schedules that offer up to a theoretical return of 100.067%, when played with perfect strategy. It is also available with other pay schedules that have lesser theoretical returns:

Hand	1 credit	2 credits	3 credits	4 credits	5 credits
Royal Flush	250	500	750	1000	4000*
Straight Flush	50	100	150	200	250
Four Aces w/2, 3, or 4	400	800	1200	1600	2000
Four 2, 3, or 4 w/A-4	160	320	480	640	800
Four Aces	160	320	480	640	800
Four 2, 3, or 4	80	160	240	320	400
Four 5-K	50	100	150	200	250
Full House	10	20	30	40	50
Flush	6	12	18	24	30
Straight	4	8	12	16	20
Three of a Kind	3	6	9	12	15
Two Pair	1	2	3	4	5
Jacks or Better	1	2	3	4	5
Theoretical Return	98.9154%	98.9154%	98.9154%	98.9154%	100.067%*

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