Please note that straight either begin with an ace or end with an ace, an ace can be the low card or the high card. (Of course not at the same time.) Thus JeffM's list is correct. And the count is ( displaystyle 10. 4^5=10240 ). I found some poker websites that give the answer as ( displaystyle 10220 ). Five cards: Cards combination ranked from high to low: royal flush, straight flush, 4-of-a-kind plus 1 (also known as a bomb or tiki), full house (3 of a kind plus a double), flush (5 cards of a suit in any order), straight. Some variants of the game only allow same kind of 5-card hands in a round. (See Poker Hands Ranking illustration.).

scotty81

Is there an optimum strategy for 1 coin JB (where the Royal = 250 instead of 800)? Or, does the same strategy for 5 coin JB apply to 1 coin as well? I've been told, for example, to always discard the 10 on a two-to-a-royal when playing only 1 coin. If there does exist an optimum 1 coin strategy, what is the EV/Variance?
I know, I know, I should always play 5 coins but there are circumstances where only one coin is the best alternative from a bankroll/bet standpoint.
Thanks in advance.

Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. - Niels Bohr

wildqat

Is Jqka 2 A Straight In Poker Tournaments

My suggestion is to drop limits instead of playing one coin at the current limit. Your paytable will likely be worse at the lower limit, but if it doesn't drop too far, you'll probably be better off.

Is Jqka 2 A Straight In Poker Tournament

Here's the comparison of returns for different paytables: Is Jqka 2 A Straight In Poker

Type	5-coin return (4000 coin royal)	1-coin return (250 coin royal)
9/6	99.5439%	98.3735%
9/5	98.4498%	97.2156%
8/5	97.2984%	96.0635%
7/5	96.1472%	94.9117%
6/5	94.9961%	93.7600%
6/4	93.9316%	92.6470%

So if, for instance, you're looking at playing one coin on a 25¢ 7/5 machine (common at Harrah's properties), see if you can find a 5¢ 6/5 machine instead and play five coins (if it has a 5-coin jackpot; some require more coins). Your bet is still 25¢, but your return is slightly better, and if you do hit a royal, you're getting 4000 nickles ($200) instead of 250 quarters ($62.50).
If you're having trouble finding smaller limit machines and it's not busy, look at the multi-hand machines. They usually have smaller limits with 5-coin jackpots, and you can tweak it into playing one hand at a time. Just make sure you look at the paytable in the help screen first.

scotty81

I guess I should have been more specific: A 1 coin vs. 5 coin strategy on a 9/6 JB machine.
The issue is that in high end strip properties (MGM/Harrah's) you can't find a good machine except in the high limit room. If your bankroll will only support a $1 machine ($5 total bet), then the best deal available is 1 coin 9/6 JB on a high limit machine.
So, the question remains: If you play 1 coin on a 9/6 JB machine, how does the strategy differ from the 5 coin strategy?
It's kind of frustrating because I can't seem to get a straight answer to this question (I've tried many different sources). The response is always the same: Don't play a 1 coin machine. I already know that, but in this case a 1 coin play is the best bet. Is jqka 2 a straight in poker tournament

Is jqka 2 a straight in poker tournament

As for being better off with a slightly lower 5 coin payout schedule, I would argue that the lower variance (4.5 vs. 19) on the 1 coin play makes the 1 coin play far more attractive.

Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. - Niels Bohr

JB
Administrator

The basic strategy for 1-2-3-4-6-9-25-50-250 Jacks or Better is:
Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four of a Kind, or Full House
4 to a Royal Flush
Flush or Straight
Three of a Kind
Two Pair
4 to a Straight Flush
One Pair (JJ thru AA)
4 to a Flush
3 to a Royal Flush
4 to a Straight (TJQK)
One Pair (22 thru TT)
4 to a Straight (2345 thru 9TJQ)
3 to a Straight Flush (345 thru 9TJ, 8xJ, 8JQ, 9xQ, 9JK, or 9QK)
4 to a Straight (JQKA)
2 to a Royal Flush (JQ, JK, QK)^A
3 to a Flush with 2 high cards
2 to a Royal Flush (JA, QA, KA)
4 to a Straight (9JQK or TxxA)^B
3 to a Straight Flush (Axx, 234, 2x5 thru 7xT, 7xJ, 89Q, 8TQ, or 9TK)
3 to a Straight (JQK)
2 to a Straight (JQ, JK, or QK)
2 to a Straight (JA, QA, or KA)
Jack, Queen, King, or Ace^C
3 to a Straight Flush (2x6 thru 6xT)
Discard everything
The total error is 0.0013%, which can be eliminated by learning the exceptions:
^A 3 to a Flush with 2 high cards beats Suited JK or QK if the cards include a Jack, Queen, and King
^B Suited 79J beats unsuited 9JQK
^B Suited 7TJ beats unsuited TJQA and TJKA
^B Suited 8TQ beats unsuited TQKA
^C Suited TJ beats Jack if there is no 9 penalty

scotty81

Thank You!
What is the EV/Variance for this strategy?

Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. - Niels Bohr

JB
Administrator

If you ignore the exceptions, the EV is 98.3722% as opposed to the perfect strategy EV of 98.3735% as shown in an earlier post. The variance for the basic strategy (ignoring the exceptions) is 4.920608, and for the perfect strategy is 4.926806.

scotty81

Thank you again! I appreciate the response.
One last question: According to the strategy, if I have xxJQA, xxJKA, xxQKA, etc., I would throw away xxA and keep the two high cards. Is this correct? It seems very counter-intuitive.

Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. - Niels Bohr

JB
Administrator

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Hands with 3 high cards are handled the same as they are in 5-coin Jacks or Better, and the majority of its variants. For example, with xxJQA:
If the J,Q,A are in 3 different suits, keep the lowest 2 high cards.
If the J,Q,A are in 2 different suits, keep the two suited cards.
If the J,Q,A are all in the same suit, keep the 3 to the royal.

HoldemJunkie52

I supplement my income by playing Texas Hold'em. My local casino offers a players card that gives free food and free bus fare, if one earns 2500 player points over a 6-month period (June to Dec; Dec to June). I play poker so often that it is profitable for me to play enough video poker to accumulate the required points. I can earn about 500 through my play in the poker room, leaving 2000 to be earned through video play.
The only machine at the casino that has a 9/6 pay table is a 3-play, 5-play, 10-play machine. I can only play 5 credits/hand if I play at least 3 hands at once.
During the past 6 months, I earned 700 points (2800 hands X 3 required) using the strategy for 5-coins. My return was an abysmal 93%, which was going to make my 'purchase' of the players card unprofitable. I realized then that for a casino, the hand distribution for video poker is probably going t