The following charts shows you the Basic Strategy for Jacks or Better. This chart was generated from the Video Poker Strategy Master by Tomski . This is the basic version of the strategy. VPSM will also produce an advanced version. VPSM Jacks or Better Strategy  
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 higher up on the list the hand is, the more valued it is. so if you have JJ376 and four to a flush, you take a look at what is highest on the list. in this case, the two jacks (high pair) are better than 4 flush. a low pair (22-TT) is lower than 4 flush, but better than 4 to a straight.  this list was found on about.com ,casino gambling. google jacks or better videopoker strategy.

The following charts shows you the frequency of the video poker hands for Jacks or Better. These figures were taken from the returns shown in Zamzow's BDPWinpoker software program.

Jacks or Better Return = 99.5 %
Hand Payout Max coin Occurs every  Return %
Royal Flush 250 4000 40,390. 1.98
St Flush 50 250 9,148.37 0.55
4 of-a-kind 25 125 423. 5.91
Full House 9 45 86.86 10.36
Flush 6 30 90.78 6.61
Straight 4 20 89 4.49
3 of-a-kind 3 15 13.4 22.33
Two Pair 2 10 7.7 25.86
Jacks 1 5 21.4 21.46
Nothing 0 0 1.834 0

Based on playing 40,000 hands of Jacks or Better video poker the amount of money put through the machine is $50,000. The chart below shows the cost of playing these hands on machines with different pay tables. The figures shows you your cost if you hit the Royal followed by the cost of not hitting a Royal Flush.

Jacks or Better Return - Based on 40,000 hands
Machine % w RF Cost With Royal %w/o RF Cost Without Royal
9/6

99.5

$250.

97.5

$1,240.
8/5

97.3

$1.350.

95.3

$2,350
6/5

95

$2,500

93

$3,500.









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