VIDEO POKER How to read a video poker paytable
The two rows that decide whether a Jacks or Better machine returns 99.5% or 97.3%, and why betting five coins is not optional.
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Notes on how these games actually work — paytables, hold priorities, and the maths underneath the machines.
Jacks or Better strategy, ranked
A simplified hold-priority list for 9/6 Jacks or Better, plus the four mistakes that cost the most.
Why Deuces Wild breaks your Jacks or Better instincts
Four wild cards change which hands are worth keeping. What a pair is worth, why three of a kind is the new baseline, and what to do when you are dealt a deuce.