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Jacks or Better Video Poker
This is a game of
draw poker. The dealer will deal you five cards face up. At this point
you should decide which cards to keep and which ones to throw. To keep
a card just click on the card you want to keep or on the hold button
below it. Once you are finished picking the cards to be discarded
click on the deal button and the dealer will deal your new cards.
Depending on how many cards you throw, the same number of new cards
will be dealt back into your hand so you end up with five. Whether you
win or lose is determined by how good a poker hand you have.
Basics of Poker and Poker Hands
Most poker games
inside of our casinos are played with a standard 52-card deck. The
cards are ranked according to the value of the number on the card or
the value of the face. The ranking, from highest to lowest, goes as
such: Ace (A), King (K), Queen (Q), Jack (J), 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3,
2. The ace can also be used to complete a low straight; A, 2, 3, 4, 5.
As well as numbers and faces there are 4 different types of suits
which are used to determine the value of a poker hand. These are:
Spades (S), Clubs (C), Diamonds (D), Hearts (H).
Poker hands are
valued based on their five card ranking. These rankings are detailed
below:
(A rank of 1 equals
the best)
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Rank |
Hand Name |
Description of hand |
Example |
| 1 |
Royal
Flush |
A, K,
Q, J, 10 of same suit |
10S,
JS, QS, KS, AS |
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2 |
Straight Flush |
Five cards of same
suit in sequence |
4D, 5D, 6D, 7D, 8D |
| 3 |
4 of a
kind |
Four
cards of the same rank |
7S, 7C,
7D, 7H |
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4 |
Full House |
Three of a kind plus
a pair |
3D, 3S, 3C, KS, KH |
| 5 |
Flush |
Five
cards of the same |
3H, 7H,
10H, QH, AH |
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6 |
Straight |
Five cards in
sequence |
5C, 6D, 7C, 8H, 9S |
| 7 |
3 of a
kind |
Three
cards of the same rank |
JH, JS,
JD |
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8 |
2 Pair |
Two pairs of
different rank |
5H, 5S, 9C, 9S |
| 9 |
1 Pair |
Two
cards of the same rank |
AS, AD |
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Tie Hands
If two hands are tied
in rank, the following rules apply:
1 If two players both
have straight flushes, flushes, or straights, the highest card that is
part of the hand determines the winning hand. If the highest card
still results in a tie then the next highest card will determine the
winner. And so on...
2 If both players have a full house, then the highest 3 of a kind will
determine the winner.
3 If both players have three of a kind the highest ranking three of a
kind will be determined the winner.
4 The highest-ranking pair in the hand will decide two hands with two
pair. If this still results in a tie then the remaining pairs will be
compared and the highest-ranking pair will then decide the winner.
5 If both players have a single pair then the highest-ranking pair
will win. If this is also a tie then next highest-ranking single card
will determine the winner. If this still results in a tie then the
next highest single ranking card will determine the winner. And so
on...
6 Two hands with no pairs, flushes, or straights are compared and the
card with the highest ranking single card will be determined the
winner. If this still yields no winner then the next highest card will
be determined the winner. And so on...
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