Video Poker Strategy

Contrary to many other games, Video Poker rules are simple enough to understand. You have to spend between 1 and 5 coins before receiving your cards. Then, players have to decide on keeping or discarding their current cards’ selection. Winnings are paid according to the value of your cards’ hand.

Combinations at Video Poker are the same as in traditional Poker.

Since there are no magic methods to win it is important for you to learn a couple of reliable strategies before playing for real. In fact, employing them could allow you to increase your chances of winning by 50%. No matter whether you are a beginner or an expert on Video Poker, you have the opportunity to enjoy free training through links on our website. This will help you to familiarize yourself with all the little tricks of such a game.

Because there are many different available versions of Video Poker, here we will deal with the most common one, Jacks or Better. However, you can still adjust these strategies to the other Video Poker varieties.

Jacks or Better Strategy

Below you will find some strategic advice that will allow you make the right decision at Video Poker (the “Jacks or Better” type). This table sums up basic actions.

You will have to make the decision according to the cards you possess but the higher the combinations are located in the table, the more powerful they are. For instance: if you have a low pair (which means lower than a pair of Jacks, and two high cards like a King or a Queen, then you will need to keep the low pair).

Your Hand	Cards you should keep	Cards you should discard
Royal Flush	5	0
Straight Flush	5	0
Four of a Kind	4	1
4-Card Royal Flush	4	1
Full House	5	0
Flush	5	0
Three of a Kind	3	2
Straight	5	0
4-Card Straight Flush	4	1
Two Pairs	4	1
Pair of Jacks or better	2	3
3-Card Royal Flush	3	2
4-Card Straight	4	1
Pair lower to a pair of Jacks	2	3
4-Card Flush	4	1
3-Card Straight Flush	3	2
2-Card Straight Flush	2	3
3 High Cards (Jack, Queen, King)	3	2
2 High Cards	2	3
1 High Card	1	4
No specific combination	0	5