Video poker has been around for decades and is extremely popular. A low house edge and greater winning possibilities are a major attraction to this game of skill, which is in essence a blend of slots and poker. Nevertheless, it is important to remember that this is one game where the old saying ‘house has the advantage’, does not apply.Video poker. VpFREE2 has 18 unique pay tables for the Jacks or Better (aka: JoB) video poker game. Of these, vpFREE2 considers 7 games 'good' or 'playable', under typical circumstances, with a return of at least 99%, including 9/6. Let’s look at a sample of a video poker strategy chart. Here is a partial view of a strategy chart for a full pay (9/6) Jacks or Better game. VIDEO POKER STRATEGY CHARTS #1: As you can see, there are many different combinations of cards that can be held. Depending on the type of video poker.
9/6 Jacks or Better is the Jacks or Better game to play because that’s the game with the best payout percentage for the player. (It’s called a full pay machine.)
The expected return on a 9/6 Jacks or Better game is 99.54%, which means for every $100 you wager, over time, your expected loss is only 46 cents. Join a slots club and get an additional 0.1% or 0.2% back, and you’re looking at losing only a quarter or so on every $100 you wager. That’s some of the best odds in the casino.
What is 9/6 Jacks or Better Though?
A “9/6 Jacks or Better” game pays out 9 coins for a 1 coin bet on a full house, and 6 coins for a 1 coin bet on a flush. This makes it easy to figure out, because you only have to look at the payout on 2 different hands. (When you’re looking at Deuces Wild, for example, the payouts can vary all over the place for all kinds of different hands.)
8/5 Jacks or Better
An 8/5 Jacks or Better game only pays out 8 coins for a 1 coin bet on a full house, and 5 coins for a 1 coin bet on a flush. This drops the expected return on the game from a healthy 99.54% to an anemic 97.30%. A 97.30% return sounds great until you look at the difference between that and a 99.54% return.
While you’re losing 46 cents for every $100 you bet with the 9/6 Jacks or Better game, you’re losing $2.70 for every $100 you bet on the 8/5 Jacks or Better game. That means you’re losing 5 times as much money on every bet, over time. You might as well play a single zero roulette table, if you can find one.
7/5 Jacks or Better
Even though “8/5 Jacks or Better” is surprisingly common, 7/5 Jacks or Better is also surprisingly common. The expected return on a 7/5 Jacks or Better game is 96.15%. That means you’re giving up another $1.15 per every $100 you bet beyond what you already gave up when you decided to play 8/5 Jacks or Better.
6/5 Jacks or Better
Yes, it gets even worse. Some casinos do offer 6/5 Jacks or Better video poker, which only pays out 6 coins for a full house and 5 coins for a flush. The payout percentage for a 6/5 Jacks or Better game is 95%, which means you’re giving the casino $5 for every $100 you bet on the machine. That’s 10 times the average losses compared to a full pay 9/6 Jacks or Better game.
5/4 Jacks or Better
Believe it or not, some casinos even offer 5/4 Jacks or Better. That means a payout of 5 coins on a full house and 4 coins on a flush. The expected return on a 5/4 Jacks or Better game is only 92.78%, which means you’ll lose on average $7.22 for every $100 you wager on this machine. No thanks. I’ll play blackjack instead. Even an American roulette table with double zeros offers a better payback percentage than this.
I’ve been looking at incoming searches to ECG and have noticed that every day there are people looking for full pay 9/6 Jacks or Better video poker for both Las Vegas and Atlantic City.
I’ve cleaned up information from vpFREE2. I realized how great the community is at vpFREE while doing research on Las Vegas blackjack payouts. If you are very into video poker I urge you to participate on the vpFREE forum.
This is a list of all casinos in Las Vegas with their full pay 9/6 Jacks or Better video poker machines if they have them. Each entry also includes type of game and denominations avalable. For details on all games head over to vpFREE2.
Arizona Charlie’s Boulder
99.54% JoB (FP): 5c, 10c, 25c, 50c, $1
9 6 Video Poker Machine Finder
Bally’s Las Vegas
99.54% JoB (FP): $5, $10, $25, $100
Barcelona Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 5c(3 lines, 5 lines), 25c(3 lines, 5 lines)
Bellagio Las Vegas
99.54% JoB (FP): $10(10 lines, 3 lines, 5 lines), $25(10 lines, 3 lines,
5 lines), $100
Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon
NA
Binion’s Gambling Hall & Hotel
99.54% JoB (FP): 25c
Boulder Station Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): $1, $2
Caesars Palace Las Vegas
99.54% JoB (FP): $5, $10, $25, $100
California Hotel and Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 25c, 50c, $1(10 lines, 3 lines, 5 lines, SP), $2(10
lines, 3 lines, 5 line…
Cannery Casino & Hotel
NA
Casino Royale and Hotel
NA
9 6 Video Poker Strategy
Circus Circus Hotel and Casino
NA
Eastside Cannery Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 1¢, 2¢, 5¢, 10¢, 25¢(5 Coins, 10 Play, Slant-top, TITO)
25¢(5 Coins, 1 Play, Slant-top, Coin, $1, $2, 5 Coins, 10 Play, Upright, TITO)
El Cortez Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 10c(MS, STP), 25c(MS, STP)
Ellis Island Casino & Brewery
99.54% JoB (FP): 25c, 50c, $1, $2, $5
Encore Las Vegas
99.54% JoB (FP): $5(10 lines, 3 lines, 5 lines, SP), $10(10 lines, 3
lines, 5 lines, SP), $25(10 lines, 3 lines, 5 lines, SP), $100(3 lines)
9 6 Video Poker Trainer
Excalibur Hotel and Casino
NA
Fiesta Rancho Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP)…
Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel
NA
Flamingo/O’Shea’s
99.54% JoB (FP): $5, $10, $25, $100
Four Queens Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 5c, 25c, 50c, $1
Fremont Hotel and Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 25c, $1
Gold Coast Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 25c(3 lines, 5 lines, MS, STP), 50c(10 lines, 2 lines,
3 lines, 5 lines), $1(10 lines, 2 lines, 3 lines, 5 lines), $2(10 lines,
2 lines, 3 lines, 5 lines), $5(10 lines, 2 lines)
Gold Spike Hotel and Casino
NA
Golden Gate Hotel & Casino
NA
Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): $5, $25
Greek Isles Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 5c
Green Valley Resort Spa Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 50c(Prog)
Hacienda Hotel and Casino
NA
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): $10, $25, $50
Harrah’s Las Vegas
99.54% JoB (FP): $5, $10, $25, $100
Hooters Casino Hotel
99.54% JoB (FP): 25c, 50c, $1
Imperial Palace
NA
Jerry’s Nugget Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 25c
Las Vegas Hilton
99.54% JoB (FP): 5c, 25c(10 lines), $1, $5
Longhorn Hotel Casino
NA
Luxor
99.54% JoB (FP): $1, $5(10 lines, 3 lines, 5 lines), $10(3 lines, 5
lines), $25
M Resort
99.54% JoB (FP): $25, $50, $100 , 5 Coins , 1 Play , Upright ,
MGM Grand Las Vegas
99.54% JoB (FP): $1(100 lines, 50 lines), $2(100 lines, 50 lines), $5(10
lines, 3 lines, 5 lines), $10(10 lines, 3 lines, 5 lines), $25(10 lines,
3 lines, 5 lines), $50(3 lines, 5 lines), $100(3 lines)
Main Street Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 25c, 50c, $1
Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): $5(10 lines, 3 lines, 5 lines, SP), $10(10 lines, 3
lines, 5 lines), $25, $100
9 6 Video Poker Strategy
Mirage Resort & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): $2(10 lines, 3 lines, 5 lines), $5(10 lines, 3 lines, 5
lines), $10(3 lines, 5 lines), $25(3 lines), $50, $100
Monte Carlo
99.54% JoB (FP): $5(3 lines, 5 lines), $10(3 lines, 5 lines), $25
MonteLago Village Resort
NA
New York New York Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): $5(10 lines, 3 lines, 5 lines), $10(3 lines, 5 lines), $25
Opera House Casino
NA
Orleans Hotel & Casino
NA
Palace Station Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): $1, $2
Palazzo Las Vegas
99.54% JoB (FP)
Palms
99.54% JoB (FP): $1, $2, 5 Coins, 3/5 Play, Upright
25¢, 5 Coins, 1 Play, Slant-top
1¢, 5 Coins, 50 Play, Slant-top
25¢, 5 Coins, 5 Play, Upright
Paris Las Vegas
99.54% JoB (FP): $5, $10, $25, $100
Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Las Vegas
99.54% JoB (FP): $5 (5 Coins, 1 Play, Slant-top)
$10, $25 (5 Coins, 1 Play, Slant-top)
Plaza Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 25c, 50c, $1
Poker Palace Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 25c
Rainbow Club & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 5c(3 lines), 25c(3 lines), 50c, $1(3 lines)
Rampart Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 25¢, 50¢, $1, $2(5 Coins, 1 Play, Upright)
Red Rock Casino Resort Spa
99.54% JoB (FP): 25c, 50c, $1, $2
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): $5, $10, $25, $100
Sahara Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): $1, $2, $5
Sam’s Town Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 25c(Prog), $1
Santa Fe Station Hotel & Casino
NA
Silver Nugget Casino
NA
Silverton Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 5c, 10c, 25c(Prog), 50c, $1
Skyline Casino
NA
Slots-A-Fun Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 25c, 50c, $1, $2
South Point Hotel Casino & Spa
NA
Stratosphere Hotel
NA
Suncoast Casino & Hotel
NA
Sunset Station Hotel & Casino
NA
Terrible’s Hotel Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): 5c, 10c, 25c, 50c, $1
Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel
NA
9 6 Video Poker Payout
Treasure Island Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): $5(3 lines, 5 lines), $10(3 lines, 5 lines), $25
Tropicana Hotel & Casino
99.54% JoB (FP): $1, $2, $5
Best Poker Games online, free
Tuscany Suites & Casino
NA
Vegas Club Hotel & Casino
NA
Venetian Resort Hotel Casino
99.54% JoB (FP)
Western Hotel & Casino
NA
Westin Casuarina Hotel and Spa
99.54% JoB (FP): 25c
Wild Wild West Hotel & Casino
NA
Wildfire Gaming
NA
Wynn Las Vegas
99.54% JoB (FP): $2(10 lines, 3 lines, 5 lines, SP), $5(10 lines, 3
lines, 5 lines, 50 lines, SP), $10(10 lines, 3 lines, 5 lines, SP),
$25(10 lines, 3 lines, 5 lines, SP), $100(3 lines)
99.54% JoB (FP): 5c, 25c, 50c, $1, $5
- Caesars Entertainment Las Vegas Resorts 2021 Pool Guide - March 6, 2021
- Caesars Rewards Member Hits Mega Progressive Jackpot on Ultimate Texas Hold ‘Em for $115,693 at The LINQ Hotel + Experience - March 6, 2021
- Caesars Entertainment Las Vegas Resorts Welcome College Hoops Fans with Specials for Tournament Action - March 5, 2021