Video Poker Strategy
In Video Poker, there is no miracle method of winning. But we can still increase the chances of winning the player through statistical methods, by properly controlling his budget or by simply making the right choice of variants when they present themselves to us.
Be aware that novices will have a better chance of becoming familiar with Video Poker by playing it for free since they can have fun calmly and without pressure.
For players who know the slot machines and their secrets by heart, we give you a helping hand by delivering the strategies applicable to both slot machines and video poker machines!
The method that we present to you below is dedicated to a specific variant of Video poker: Jacks or Better, which is probably the most practiced on the internet. Due to too many variations of this game, we cannot offer you a method that covers Video Poker Strategy in its general form. However, you may be able to reuse the one we highlight here in other lesser-known families of Video Poker games.
Jacks or Better Video Poker Strategy
Below is an unpretentious table that tells you what to do during a game of Jacks or Better. It inspires you to make the right decisions and analyze the potential of hands in Video Poker.
The data in this table was collected from sophisticated statistical tools. By calculating the number of times a Video Poker player keeps or throws a hand and contrasting this number with the success or failure rate of the given hand, it is possible to obtain the following table.
| Hand value | Cards to Keep | Throwing cards |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Flush | 5 | 0 |
| Straight flush | 5 | 0 |
| Square | 4 | 1 |
| Royal Flush 4 cards | 4 | 1 |
| Full house | 5 | 0 |
| Color | 5 | 0 |
| Set | 3 | 2 |
| Fifth | 5 | 0 |
| Four Card Flush | 4 | 1 |
| Two pairs | 4 | 1 |
| Pair of Jacks or better | 2 | 3 |
| 3 Card Flush | 3 | 2 |
| 4-card color | 4 | 1 |
| Pair lower than a Pair of Jacks | 2 | 3 |
| Straight to 4 cards | 4 | 1 |
| 3 Card Flush | 3 | 2 |
| Flush Royale with 2 cards | 2 | 3 |
| 3 high cards (Jack, Queen, King, Ace) | 3 | 2 |
| 2 high cards | 2 | 3 |
| 1 high card | 1 | 4 |
| No high card | 0 | 5 |
