|
|
|
Across the High Sierra
I have always enjoyed long road trips across the country, perhaps because they have all the elements of a Homeric adventure. After completing basic training for the Army, I was ready for assignment to my permanent duty station. I was directed to...
Discover the Best Caribbean Cruise Lines
If you want to take a relaxing vacation where you are totally pamper, you may want to go on a
cruise. The best and most sought after vacation spot for a cruise is that of a Caribbean cruise. If
this sounds like something you want to do, then...
Las Vegas and The Movies
Sunny Las Vegas hosted hundreds of movies or movie-scenes. Some of them got the Oscar. Others got lost on the way. But Vegas surely remains a classic attraction for film-makers since the glory of the Rat Pack days.
To be completely...
Playing Casino Poker for the First Time
If you are one of those poker players that has been playing the game locally or online for some time, but never ventured into a casino poker room before, here are some things you can expect your first time at the tables.
While it may be...
Winter Sun Breaks - The Caribbean
The build up to Christmas is always an exciting time of the year
with various parties to attend and presents to buy. However,
January and February can become pretty depressing times of the
year, with little to look forward to and the festive...
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Basic Jacks or Better Video Poker Strategy
Video Poker is a game of skill - and using the simple combination of playing strategy and mathematical know-how, can be beat. Take note of the "pay schedule" shown on the front of each
machine, and look particularly at the most important information - how much the machine
will pay out for a Full-House versus a Flush.
An advanced video poker player will also realise that a "Jacks-or-Better" machine - classed as a 9/6 machine for paying out 9 coins : 1 for every Full House and 6 : 1 for every Flush, can be beaten using perfect Basic Video Poker Strategy.
Another machine offering the advanced video poker player an edge is the 10/6 Deuces Wild machine. These odds have been proven as
a result of computer modelling. For the other machines - even if a player plays the Perfect Video Poker Strategy game, he will still not win, though will have fun playing!
There are set rules defining Basic Video Poker Srategy whether playing online or in a casino - much like the Basic Strategy for Blackjack,
Jacks-or-Better Video Poker Strategy
- In any hand holding a Jack, unless the hand is already a winner! - 4 to an open-ended Straight,
4 to a Flush or 3 to a Straight
Flush or Royal Flush - reject all cards only keeping the Jack
In any hand holding only 1 card Jack or above, keep the single
high card
and reject all other cards and redraw.
In any hand holding 1 pair lower than Jacks, keep the pair and reject all
other cards - unless the hand is 4 to a Straight or 4 to a Flush
In any hand holding a 2-pair, keep both pair and reject the odd-card.
- In any hand holding 3-of-a-kind keep the 3-of-a-kind and reject the other
2 cards.
In any hand holding 4 to a Straight, keep all 4 Straight cards and re-draw -
unless the Straight draw is NOT open-ended and the hand is holding a
Jack)
In any hand holding 4 to a Flush, keep the 4 Flush - unless the hand holds 3 to the Royal in which case you would draw to the Royal
Flush
In any hand holding 4-of-a-kind, hold everything since a 1-card
draw will not improve the cards.
In any hand holding 3 to a Royal Flush, reject everything else and
go for the Royal - unless the hand is already a Straight Flush!
Practice these strategies whist playing - perhaps even print this page out to
refer to the Basic Video Poker strategies until they become 2nd nature. Go on...get the skill and hit those machine!
About the Author
You can read Ryan's general musings about online gambling at http://www.online-gambling-insider.com
|
|
|
|
|
|