Jacks or Better

The oldest and most common version of video poker is Jacks or Better, also known as Draw Poker.  If you’re never played video poker before, Jacks or Better is a great place to start. The winning hands in Jacks or Better are almost the same as in regular poker. Starting with the rarest and highest paid combination, the winning hands are ranked in the following order: 

• Royal Flush is formed when you have a Ten, a Jack, a Queen, a King, and an Ace of the same suit. 
• Straight Flush is a set of five consecutive cards of the same suit.  It fits both the requirements of both a Straight and of a Flush, listed below.
• Four of a Kind are four cards of the same value.
• Full House consists of both a Pair (two cards of the same value) and a Three of a Kind. 
• Flush is all five cards are of the same suit, in no particular order. 
• Straight is formed by any five cards of consecutive value (they do not have to be of the same suit).
• Three of a Kind is formed by three cards of the same value.
• Two Pair are two cards of matching value and another two cards of a different matching value.
• Jacks or Better are two cards of matching value, where the value is an ace or a face card.

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