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The Pay Table is the Game
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pay for the venerable original version of jacks or Better. The far-right
column shows (in rounded percentages) how often a player is likely
to hit any particular hand when using an optimal playing strategy.
Notice the payouts on a one-coin wager for a full house (9 coins)
and a flush (6 coins).
Condenses the previous pay table into one column on the left.Two additional columns show condensed pay tables from other Jacks-or-Better machines. The game rules are the same, but the paybacks are different. Notice the lower amounts in the middle of the second and third columns.
A full house receives only eight coins and a flush receives five in the second game. This -g/5 version" pays about two percent less overall t h a n the 9/6. In the third game, the overall payback drops to about 95 percent because a full house pays s i x coins and a flush pays five coins.
The 9/6 machine obviously pays more. In the early days of video poker when these three games were most common it was easy to look for a 9/6, settle for 8/5 and avoid 6/5. This clarity made some machines less popular so casinos countered with measures to muddy the water.
It looks like a 9/6 with some exciting new ways to win, but the payout is actually lower because two pairs are worth only one coin.
The game rules
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