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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)
| Rank
|
Hand
Name |
Description
of hand
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Example
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| 1.
|
Royal Flush
|
A, K, Q,
J, 10 of same suit |
10S, JS,
QS, KS, AS |
| 2.
|
Straight
Flush |
Five cards
of same suit in sequence |
4D, 5D, 6D,
7D, 8D |
| 3.
|
Four of a
kind |
Four cards
of the same rank |
7S, 7C, 7D,
7H |
| 4.
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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 |
| 6.
|
Straight
|
Five cards
in sequence |
5C, 6D,
7C, 8H, 9S |
| 7.
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3 of a kind
|
Three cards
of the same rank |
JH, JS, JD
|
| 8.
|
2 Pair
|
Two pairs
of different rank |
5H, 5S, 9C,
9S |
| 9.
|
1 Pair |
Two cards
of the same rank |
AS, AD |
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.
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| 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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