Basic Strategy

Following is a strategy for the payoff table above. To determine the best play look under the list given the number of deuces hold (you never discard a deuce). Then look for the highest playable hand on the list. For example if you have both a pair and four to a flush you would keep the pair because it is higher on the list. The numbers on the right represent the expected return, which can vary depending on the discards.

The player should evaluate straight flush draws carefully. Usually the number of ranks the straight flush spans determines the spread. However if the straight flush is on the low end this can reduce the number of ways to complete it. For example suited 3-4-5

0 Deuces

1. Natural royal flush (800.0000)
2. 4 to a royal flush (19.574469)
3. Straight flush (9.0000)
4. Four of a kind (5.8510637)
5. Full house (3.0000)
6. Three of a kind (2.0175762)
7. Straight/Flush (2.0000)
8. 4 to an outside straight flush (1.65958)
9. Suited 10-J-Q (1.3987)
10. 4 to an inside straight flush (1.3829787)
11. 3 to a royal flush, except 10-J-Q (1.2719704)
12. Pair (0.560222)
13. Two pair (0.5106383)
14. 4 to a flush (0.5106383)
15. 4 to an outside straight (0.5106383)
16. 3 to a straight flush, spread 3-4, suited 345 (0.5051-0.3959)
17. 2 to a royal flush, jack highest¹ (0.38815913)
18. 3 to a straight flush, spread 5 and suited 346,356 ^2,3 (0.35522664)
19. 4 to an inside straight, except missing deuce (0.34042552)
20. 2 to a royal flush, queen highest⁴ (0.33851373)
21. 2 to a royal flush, king highest, no penalty cards⁵ (0.3278446)
22. Garbage, everything discarded (0.32552597)
23. 2 to a royal flush, king highest, 1 penalty card⁶ (0.3185939)
24. 2 to a royal flush, ace highest (0.29768732)
25. 3 to a straight flush, A low (0.2729)

Notes:
1: Suited 7-10-J beats suited 10-J if either (1) king and ace discards, or (2) queen discard without 8

2: Play 4 to an inside straight over 3 to a straight flush, spread 5, if there is a straight penalty card to the straight flush.

3: Play 2 to a royal, queen high, over 3 to a straight flush, spread 5, when 6 or 7 high.

4: Play 2 to a royal, queen high, over 4 to an inside straight if there are no flush penalty cards and a fully open straight possibility. A fully open straight possibility means that there exists some possible straight with no penalty cards discarded. For example with suited 10-Q and unsuited 5-K-A the player has a full chance at a Q-J-10-9-8 straight. However with suited 10-Q and unsuited K-9-5 the player should go for the inside straight because the K and 9 block any fully open straight possibility.

5: There are some rare exceptions in which it is better to discard everything rather than keep two to a royal, king high, with no penalty cards. See my deuces wild appendix 1 for a list of these exceptions.

6. There are some rare exceptions in which it is better to keep the two to a royal, king high, despite a 9 or ace straight penalty card. See my deuces wild appendix 3 for a list of these exceptions.

1 Deuce

1. Wild royal flush (25.0000)
2. 5 of a kind (15.0000)
3. Straight flush (9.0000)
4. Four of a kind (5.8510637)
5. 4 to a royal flush (3.4042554)
6. Full house (3.0000)
7. 3 consecutive suited cards 5-6-7 or greater (2.21277)
8. 3 of a kind (2.01758)
9. Straight (2.0000)
10. Flush (2.0000)
11. All other 4 to a straight flush (1.70213 to 1.97872)
12. 3 to a royal flush, highest card king or less (1.1424607)
13. 2 consecutive suited cards, 6-7 or higher, + deuce (1.0952822)
14. 3 to a royal flush, ace highest card, no penalty cards (1.0462534)
15. Deuce only (1.0328652)
16. 3 to a royal flush, ace highest card, 1+ penalty card³ (1.0286771)
17. 2 consecutive suited cards, 5-6 or lower, + deuce (1.0166513)
18. 4 to an outside straight (1.0000)

Note:
3: There are some rare exceptions to this rule that cut both ways. Sometimes with two a royal with no penalty cards it is better to hold the deuce only, and sometimes with a penalty card you should go for the royal. See my deuces wild appendix 2 for a list of these exceptions.

2 Deuces

1. Wild royal flush (25.0000)
2. 5 of a kind (15.0000)
3. Straight flush (9.0000)
4. Four of a kind (5.8510637)
5. 4 to a royal flush (4.617021)
6. 2 consecutive suited cards, 6-7 or higher, + deuces (3.3404255)
7. 2 deuces only (3.2730188)
8. 2 consecutive suited cards, 5-6 of lower, + deuces (3.1276596)
9. Full house or less

3 Deuces

1. Wild royal flush (25.0000)
2. 3 deuces only, non-pair discarded (15.059204)
3. 3 deuces only, pair 9 or less discarded (15.057354)
4. 5 of a kind (15.0000)
5. 3 deuces only, pair 10 or greater discarded (14.938946)
6. 4 to a royal flush (11.829787)
7. Straight flush or less

4 Deuces

1. 4 deuces (200.0000)

Terms:

Outside straight: An open ended straight that can be completed at either end, such as (7,8,9,10). A wild card shall not be used to complete an outside straight. For example 2,5,7,8 is not 4 to an outside straight because of the missing 6. However 2,5,6,7 is 4 to an outside straight.
Inside straight: A straight with a missing inside card, such as (6,7,9,10).
Penalty card: A penalty card is a potentially useful discarded card. For example if the player had 3 to a royal and 4 to a flush the correct play is to keep three to the royal, discarding the fourth suited card. The discarded suited card would be called a flush penalty card because it could have been used to complete a flush. By discarding it the players odds of forming a flush are “penalized.” Sometimes penalty cards can affect borderline plays. For example if the player had a suited 10 and king, with no other cards of that suit, nor a 9, jack, queen, or ace, then the player should keep the two to a royal flush. However this is only marginally better than discarding everything. If the player had just one suited card, or any card that could be used to complete a straight, then the odds of forming a flush or straight would be depressed, lowering the overall expected return below that of discarding everything. So in that situation the player should be mindful of the effect of penalty cards.

Methodology

To determine the above strategy I created a program can determine the expected return of the best play of any hand. The way it works is to consider all 32 ways to play a hand. For every play the program systematically scores the held cards with every possible set of discards and averages the results. The play that yields the greatest average is determined to be the best play and the specific statistics for that play are displayed. The program can also show the statistics for non-optimal plays. Using this program it was then a time consuming task to try numerous borderline hands and rank them in order of expected return. I used Bob Dancer’s Deuces Wild Video Poker report to verify my strategy. There I found some obscure exceptions that I did not notice, which I used to correct my strategy. So I would like to thank Bob Dancer for his help. You may order his software and strategy cards here.

Better known as “The Wizard of Odds”, Michael Shackleford uses math and computer analysis to determine optimal playing strategy for all casino games. His work can be found on his website, WizardofOdds.com with player strategies and probabilities on most of the casino games. Michael lives in Las Vegas and in his spare time likes to college license plates and gamble.

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0 deuces

1. 4,5 to a royal flush
2. Any pat paying hand
3. 4 to a straight flush
4. 3 to a royal flush
5. Pair
6. 4 to a flush
7. 4 to an outside straight
8. 3 to a straight flush
9. 4 to an inside straight, except missing deuce
10. 2 to a royal flush, J,Q high

1 deuce

1. Any pat four of a kind or higher
2. 4 to a royal flush
3. Full house
4. 4 to a straight flush with 3 consecutive singletons, 5-7 or higher
5. 3 of a kind, straight, or flush
6. All other 4 to a straight flush
7. 3 to a royal flush
8. 3 to a straight flush with 2 consecutive singletons, 6-7 or higher
9. deuce only

2 deuces

1. Any pat four of a kind or higher
2. 4 to a royal flush
3. 4 to a straight flush with 2 consecutive singletons, 6-7 or higher
4. 2 deuces only

3 deuces

1. Pat royal flush
2. 3 deuces only

4 deuces

1. 4 deuces

Terms:

Outside straight: An open ended straight that can be completed at either end, such as the cards 7,8,9,10.

Inside straight: A straight with a missing inside card, such as the cards 6,7,9,10. In addition A,2,3,4 and J,Q,K,A also count as inside straights because they are at an extreme end.

Any hand that does not appear on the above lists should never be played. Most notably a two pair, keeping a single pair has a higher expected value.

Example: Suppose you have the following hand.

The top two plays are (1) keep the pat flush, and (2) keep the 4 to a straight flush. The 4 to a straight flush consists of 3 consecutive singletons with a range of 5-7 or greater. This appears higher on the list than a pat flush, and is thus the better play.

Comparison to Optimal Strategy

The following table compares the probability and return of each hand under both the simple strategy and the optimal strategy.

The next table is a frequency distribution of the error, or difference in expected return, between the simple strategy and the optimal strategy.

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The following strategy is my “intermediate strategy” for jacks or better video poker. Using the strategy on a full pay machine will result in an expected return of 99.52%. Compared to the optimal strategy return of 99.54%, mistakes in the simple strategy will cost 0.03%, or one total bet every 3805 hands.

To use the strategy look up all viable ways to play an initial hand on the following list and elect that which is highest on the list. A “high card” means a jack or higher.

1. Full house or better
2. 4 to a royal flush
3. Straight, three of a kind, or flush
4. 4 to a straight flush
5. Two pair
6. High pair
7. 3 to a royal flush
8. 4 to a flush
9. Low pair
10. 4 to an outside straight
11. 3 to a straight flush (high cards-gaps>=0)
12. 2 suited high cards
13. 4 to an inside straight w/ 3-4 high cards
14. 3 to a straight flush (high cards-gaps=-1)
15. J/Q/K unsuited
16. J/Q unsuited
17. 10/J suited
18. J/K, Q/K unsuited
19. 10/Q suited
20. J/A, Q/A, K/A unsuited
21. 10/K suited
22. One high card
23. 3 to a straight flush (high cards-gaps=-2)
24. Discard everything

Note: The number of high cards in holding 3 to a straight flush is roughly offset by the number of gaps. When evaluating 3 to a straight flush subtract the number of gaps from the number of high cards.

Terms:

High card: A jack, queen, king, or ace. These cards are retained more often because if paired up they return the original bet.

Outside straight: An open ended straight that can be completed at either end, such as the cards 7,8,9,10.

Inside straight: A straight with a missing inside card, such as the cards 6,7,9,10. In addition A,2,3,4 and J,Q,K,A also count as inside straights because they are at an extreme end.

Gap: The number of ranks needed to fill in the middle of a straight flush. For example a 6,7,8 would have 0 gaps, a 6,7,9 would have 1, and a 6,7,10 would have 2. The following are considered to have 2 gaps because they are at extreme ends: A,2,3; A,2,4; A,3,4; J,Q,A; J,K,A; and Q,K,A. The following are considered to have 1 gap because they are close to an extreme end: 2,3,4 and J,Q,K.

Example: Suppose you have the following hand.

The top two plays are (1) keep the three to a straight flush and (2) keep two to a royal flush. The number of gaps to the straight flush is 2 and the number of high cards is also 2. So gaps-high cards=0. The table shows that 3 to a straight flush, where gaps-highcards>=0, beats two suited high cards, so go keep the 3 cards to the straight flush.

Comparison to Optimal Strategy

The following table compares the probability and return of each hand under both the simple strategy and the optimal strategy.

The next table is a frequency distribution of the error, or difference in expected return, between the simple strategy and the optimal strategy.

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The following strategy is my “simple strategy” for jacks or better video poker. Using the strategy on a full pay machine will result in an expected return of 99.46%. Compared to the optimal strategy return of 99.54%, mistakes in the simple strategy will cost 0.08%, or one total bet every 1178 hands.To use the strategy look up all viable ways to play an initial hand on the following list and elect that which is highest on the list. A “high card” means a jack or higher.

1. Full house or better
2. 4 to a royal flush
3. Straight, three of a kind, or flush
4. 4 to a straight flush
5. Two pair
6. High pair
7. 3 to a royal flush
8. 4 to a flush
9. Low pair
10. 4 to an outside straight
11. 2 suited high cards
12. 3 to a straight flush
13. 2 unsuited high cards (if more than 2 pick then pick lowest 2)
14. Suited 10/J, 10/Q, or 10/K
15. One high card
16. Discard everything

Terms:

High card: A jack, queen, king, or ace. These cards are retained more often because if paired up they return the original bet.

Outside straight: An open ended straight that can be completed at either end, such as the cards 7,8,9,10.

Inside straight: A straight with a missing inside card, such as the cards 6,7,9,10. In addition A,2,3,4 and J,Q,K,A also count as inside straights because they are at an extreme end.

Example: Suppose you have the following hand.

The top three plays are (1) keep the low pair, (2) keep the 4 to a flush, and (3) keep the 2 suited high cards. The 4 to a flush is listed highest and is thus the best play, so discard the 3 of hearts.

Comparison to Optimal Strategy

The following table compares the probability and return of each hand under both the simple strategy and the optimal strategy.

The next table is a frequency distribution of the error, or difference in expected return, between the simple strategy and the optimal strategy.

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The following strategy is for full pay jacks or better video poker. “Full pay” designates the following paytable, per coin based on five coins bet, which returns 99.54% of money bet assuming optimal strategy.

To use this strategy look up all reasonable ways to play a hand and choose the play that is highest on the list. If your hand isn’t on the list then it should never be played. The numbers on the right represent the average return. These numbers can vary depending on the discards.

Let’s try an example. Suppose you have both four to a flush and a low pair. Should you sacrifice the low pair to complete the flush or sacrifice the possible flush and keep the low pair. From the list below 4 to a flush has a higher ranking and thus is the better play. To test yourself on other hands try my video poker quiz.

I admit this is a long and rather difficult strategy but I believe it correctly advises every possible hand. If used correctly it should yield perfect play.

1. Pat royal flush (800.0000)
2. Pat straight flush (50.0000)
3. Pat four of a kind (25.0000)
4. 4 to a royal flush (18.3617)
5. Pat full house (9.0000)
6. Pat flush (6.0000)
7. 3 of a kind (4.3025)
8. Pat straight (4.0000)
9. 4 to a straight flush (3.5319)
10. Two pair (2.59574)
11. High pair (1.5365)
12. 3 to a royal flush (1.2868) ^A
13. 4 to a flush (1.2766)
14. 4 to an outside straight with 3 high cards (0.8723)
15. Low pair (0.8237)
16. 4 to an outside straight with 0-2 high cards (0.6809)
17. 3 to a straight flush, spread 5, 2 high cards (0.6429)
18. 3 to a straight flush, spread 4, 1+ high card (0.6392)
19. 3 to a straight flush, spread 3, 0+ high cards (0.6207)
20. Suited jack and queen (0.6004) ^B
21. 4 to an inside straight, 4 high cards (0.5957)
22. 2 suited high cards, king highest (0.5821)
23. 2 suited high cards, ace highest (0.5678)
24. 4 to an inside straight, 3 high cards (0.5319)
25. 3 to a straight flush, spread 5, 1 high card (0.5227) ^C
26. 3 to a straight flush, spread 4, 0 high cards (0.5097)
27. Unsuited JQK (0.5005)
28. Unsuited JQ (0.4980)
29. Suited TJ (0.4968) ^D
30. 2 unsuited high cards king highest (0.4862)
31. Suited TQ (0.4825) ^E
32. 2 unsuited high cards ace highest (0.4743)
33. J only (0.4713)
34. Suited TK (0.4682) ^F
35. Q only (0.4681)
36. K only (0.4649)
37. A only (0.4640)
38. 3 to a straight flush, spread 5, 0 high cards (0.4431)
39. Garbage, discard everything (0.3597)

Rare Exceptions:

A

4 to a flush beats 3 to a royal if royal includes a ten and ace, and the unsuited card is a 10 or straight penalty card.

B

4 to an inside straight beats suited jack and queen with 9 or flush penalty card.

C

3 to a straight flush, spread 5, with 1 high card vs. 4 to an inside straight, with 3 high cards: Play the straight flush if there is no straight penalty card.

D

Suited 10 and jack vs. an unsuited jack and king: If there is no flush penalty card then keeping the 10 and jack then that is the better play, otherwise keep the jack and king.

E

Suited 10 and queen vs. an unsuited queen and ace: If there is no flush penalty card then keeping the 10 and queen then that is the better play, otherwise keep the queen and ace.

F

Suited 10, king vs. king only: Normally the suited ten and king is better than the king alone, however if you must discard a 9 and a flush penalty card then hold the king only.

Key:

T

10

J

Jack

Q

Queen

K

King

A

Ace

Hands that are never played:

By request I have removed hands that are never played from the list. Either some subset of these hands are better than the larger hand, or discarding everything is better. In parenthesis I put what you should do with these hands.

• Suited 10 and ace (keep the ace only)
• 3 unsuited high cards, ace highest (keep the lowest two high cards)
• 4 to an inside straight, 2 high cards (keep the two high cards)
• 4 to an inside straight, 1 high card (keep the single high card)
• 4 to an inside straight, 0 high cards (discarding everything)

Terms:

High card: A jack, queen, king, or ace. These cards are retained more often because if paired up they return the original bet.

Outside straight: An open ended straight that can be completed at either end, such as (7,8,9,10).

Inside straight: A straight with a missing inside card, such as (6,7,9,10).

Spread: This refers to the number of ranks spread apart the cards are toward a potential straight, straight flush, or royal flush. The smaller the spread the better the odds are for the player. For example a suited 5, 6, an 8 would be 3 to a straight flush with a spread of 4 because they cards span 4 ranks.

Penalty card: Sometimes one must discard a potentially useful card. In rare situations cards you would never keep can still tip the scales in favor of one hand over another. For example take the situation in footnote F. The player has a king of clubs, 10 of clubs, 9 of spades, 6 of clubs, and a 3 of diamonds. The best options are to either keep the suited 10 and king or the king only. The suited 10 and king is usually the better option. However in this scenario two potentially useful cards would be discarded, the 9 (lowering the odds of forming a straight), and the 6 of clubs (lowering the odds of forming a flush). These two penalty cards degrade the value of the suited 10 and king to below that of keeping the king only.

It should be mentioned that this strategy is mainly for academic interest or only the most avid video poker players. For practical purposes I recommend my simple strategy with a return of 99.46% or my intermediate strategy with a return of 99.52%.

Methodology

To determine the above strategy I created a program can determine the expected return of the best play of any hand. The way it works is to consider all 32 ways to play a hand. For every play the program systematically scores the held cards with every possible set of discards and averages the results. The play that yields the greatest average is determined to be the best play and the specific statistics for that play are displayed. The program can also show the statistics for non-optimal plays. Using this program it was then a time consuming task to try numerous borderline hands and rank them in order of expected return. I used Bob Dancer’s 9/6 Jacks or Better Video Poker report to verify my strategy. There I found some obscure exceptions that I did not notice, which I used to correct my strategy. So I would like to thank Bob Dancer for his help. You may order his software and strategy cards here.

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• Jacks or Better
• Deuces Wild
• Loose Deuces
• Bonus Deuces
• Joker Wild
• Double joker Poker
• Deuces and Joker Wild
• Aces and Eights
• Bonus Poker
• Bonus Poker Deluxe
• Double Bonus
• Triple Bonus
• Super Double Bonus
• Double Double Bonus
• Triple Double Bonus
• Double Jackpot
• Tens or Better

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The number of variations of video poker is constantly increasing. Wild cards have been introduced, some games feature multiple decks, bonuses for certain four of a kinds are common, and payoff tables can vary from one machine to another. To have an edge the player must play correct or near-correct strategy appropriate to their game and payoff table. The player who picks a machine at random and plays by common sense is going to lose over the long run. Serious players trust in strategy that is the product of computer analysis and make the best play near or at 100% of the time. In general the more complicated and long a strategy is the closer to 100% accuracy it will come. Serious players also don’t just play any machine but are diligent about researching and finding ones that have the most generous payoff tables.

Playing Strategy

A book the size of the yellow pages could be writen about video poker strategy. Due to the numerous different games, different pay tables, and levels of complexity in the strategy it would be a neverending task to try to cover the topic completely. I offer three video poker strategies as follows.

• Jacks or better simple strategy (return of 99.46%)
• Jacks or better intermediate strategy (return of 99.52%)
• Jacks or better optimal strategy (return of 99.54%)
• Deuces wild simple strategy (return of 100.71%)
• Deuces wild optimal strategy (return of 100.77%)

Other good sources for video poker strategy:

• Strategy cards by Bob Dancer and Liam W. Daily.
• Video Poker Strategy Master by Tom Ski.

House Edge

To quickly look up the house edge for various common pay tables for video poker visit my video poker small tables. For complete video poker probability tables select your game of choice below.

Miscellaneous Advice and Comments

• Always play the maximum coins. I have never seen a machine that didn’t offer va bonus on the highest hand for five coins played. If you are uncomfortable playing five coins then drop down to a lower coinage.
• The cards are chosen at random. There is no switch inside the machine that can make the machine loose or tight.
• A royal flush can come along at any time with equal probability. A machine is never “overdue” in the sense that it become more likely to hit. Theories such as that a machine will get very tight right before hitting a royal are simply not true. Given no change in strategy a royal is just as likely to be hit right after the last one as a million trials since the last one.
• Always use a slot club card if there is one, and there usually is. This is free money for playing and can often make the difference in having an edge or not.
• Do research on where the most generous machines are. Jeff Lotspiech’s Video Poker Page has a good list.

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Below are three “full pay” machines that, if played with perfect basic strategy and maximum coins per hand, will return over 100%, with but (there’s always a “but”) one caveat. There is a gambling chance you won’t even find these machines in your jurisdiction, especially if there are only a few casinos in pursuit of your hard-earned dollars.  Obviously the casinos are in the business of making money, and if they don’t have to offer gimmicks like these machines, they won’t.

1) 7/5 Jokers Wild: 5-of-a-kind pays 1000, Quads pays 100: Return 100.64%.
2) 9/5 Deuces Wild: Return 100.76%
3) 9/6 Double Double Jackpot Poker: two pair pays 1 coin: Return 100.35%

To decode our message above, the first two numbers reflect the payouts for a full house and a flush with a single coin inserted. Example: a 7/5 Jokers Wild machine would pay 7 coins for a full house and 5 coins for a flush on a one-coin bet.

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The probability that you win on any attempt is 47%. You have the same probability of losing and the probability that you tie is 6%. The probabilities don’t change from attempt to attempt so keep on playing for as long as your risk tolerance can handle it.

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These machines may be popular, but they can be bankroll cleaners.  A quarter Triple play, if you play the maximum number of coins on each hand, leaves 15 coins, or $3.75 at stake each time.  On quarter Five Play machines you are risking 25 coins or $6.25, which leaves the Ten Play machine and the 50 coins, or $12.50 at stake with each spin.

That’s a lot of cash to be throwing around and if you hit any kind of dry spot then your bankroll will dry up faster than water in the desert.

Here is what we think about Triple and Five Play quarter machines: even though they can amplify your earnings on decent hands, they exagerate your losses on losing ones.  If you’re playing 5 coin singlehand video poker and are dealt bad cards then you only have $1.25 out there. On a Ten Play machine you have a whole lot more dough at stake for those same junk hands. Granted, though there are some acceptable paytables available in most gaming markets, but if you are conservative then you will still want to stay clear of them.

Here are a couple of tips for those of you who enjoy multiplay video poker. First, seek out the best paytables. Paytables, or pay schedules, are posted somewhere on the front of a video poker machine, or on the screen itself, and they tell you what each winning hand will pay for the number of coins put at risk.

Also, always choose the slowest playing speed available when the casino allows you this option. Some casinos have this machine feature blocked out, forcing you to play at the highest speed. Bear in mind that the more hands you play per hour, the more you subject your bankroll to a quick shave by the house edge.

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