Video Poker Odds
This chart symbolizes the pay schedule of a 9/6 Jacks or Better game
playing the maximum five unit bet. The reason you should forever play
the maximum five units because this bet is necessary to win the 4,000
coin (or max) jackpot. If you got a royal flush playing only one or
two coins, the payout would not be proportionally equal, so there is
a strong enticement to always play take the five coin bet. If five dollars
a hand is too sharp for your bankroll, there should be plenty of quarter
machines for you to play. Online casinos always offer bets in multiple
denominations, generally having a range that includes quarter, fifty-cent,
dollar, two-dollar, five-dollar, and sometimes even ten and twenty dollar
betting units.
| Hand |
Odds |
Payout units |
| Royal Flush |
1 in 40,390 |
4,000 |
| Straight Flush |
1 in 9,148 |
250 |
| Four of a kind |
1 in 423 |
125 |
| Full House |
1 in 86 |
45 |
| Flush |
1 in 90 |
30 |
| Straight |
1 in 89 |
20 |
| Three of a kind |
1 in 13 |
15 |
| Two pair |
1 in 7 |
10 |
| Jacks or better |
1 in 4 |
5 |
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