Jacks or Better

The Jacks or Better video poker game was the first video poker game to be introduced into casinos in the 70’s.  And, is still considered the best place to start playing video poker and to learn the game, as it is fairly straight forward and easy to understand.

When the early video poker machines were first introduced, the machines only paid out on 2 pair or greater, the odds were not in favor of the players and many gamblers shunned the game.  With a re-think, they improved the winning odds for players and changed the payouts to be for a pair of jacks or higher… hence the name Jacks or Better… and the game took off.

Jacks or Better has become the standard video poker game that everyone knows.  Look for the best versions that have very low house edges, even as low as 0.5% if you can believe it… I suppose the strategy is that it keeps you coming back for more.  That’s probably one of the lowest house edges you will get in the casino.