Jokers
Wild Video Poker
by Gayle Mitchell
Jokers
Wild Video Poker is another popular wild card game
that adds to the excitement of the game experience.
The majority of your
hands will look
similar to a Jacks or
Better game; however, don’t fall into the trap of using the same Jacks
or
Better strategy play.
On average, fewer than
10% of your
initial cards dealt will
contain the joker, thus your strategy will evolve around this fact.
Below is a 7/5 VP pay
schedule for
Jokers Wild Video Poker with minimum
payout for Kings or better.
The paytable below illustrates the
payout for specific winning
hands, one coin return payout and maximum coin return payout.
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Paytable – Jokers
Wild
7/5
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one-coin return
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max.coin return
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Pair--Kings or
Better
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returns
bet
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5 coins
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Two pair (2 PR)
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returns
bet
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5 coins
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Three-of-a-kind
(3/kind)
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pays
2-1
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10 coins
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Straight (ST)
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pays
3-1
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15 coins
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Flush (FL)
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pays
5-1
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25 coins
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Full house (FH)
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pays
7-1
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35 coins
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Four-of-a-kind
(quad)
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pays
20-1
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100 coins
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Straight flush (SF)
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pays
50-1
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250 coins
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Joker Royal
(w/Joker)
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pays 100-1
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500
coins
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5-of-a-kind
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pays 200-1
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1000
coins
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Royal Flush (RF, No
Joker)
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4000
coins
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Wild Strategy per pay schedule:
There
is also an Aces or Better
version as the minimum
payout.
The strategies below are for Kings or Better and Aces
or
Better versions.
I have divided the
strategy notes
into those hands that are
dealt With Joker and Without Joker as below:
With
Joker
- Hold
pat hands of full
house or better
- Break
a paying flush for a
4-card royal or 4-card open straight flush
- Break
3/kind for any
4-card straight flush
- Break
a pair of aces or
kings for a 3-card or better straight flush (must be consecutive), or
any 4-card flush
- If
none of the above,
select a middle card, (from 5-10)
to keep with the joker.
Barring a middle
card, there may be times that you should hold the joker
alone.
More
than 3% of the time, you won’t be able to connect with
a straight, flush, straight flush or a high pair.
However,
holding the joker alone can give you four new cards
and a win.
Without
Joker
- Hold
two pair or better
- Break
a flush for any
4-card royal draw and break a straight for any 4-card straight flush or
royal draw.
- Break
a pair of aces or kings for 3-card royal draw.
- Break
a low pair for
4-card flush or open ended 3-card straight flush
- Break
any pair for a
4-card straight flush
- Hold
any 4-card straight
or any 3-card straight flush, if consecutive, discarding small pair for
the larger payout
- Hold
A-K of same suit
- Hold
suited faces K-Q,
K-J, K-10, Q-J, Q-10, or J-10
Go for a straight flush
whenever
possible, for the larger
return.
With this wild-card game,
straight
flush and Joker Royal
Flush opportunities appear more often than Jacks or Better Video Poker.
Keep a lower pair over
the
possibility of pulling a joker
for a four-card straight, especially an inside straight.
Although, it is suggested
to hold an
inside straight in
wild-card games; in this case the payout for the straight has been
reduced from
four to three, so keep the pair only.
As
with all VP games, maximum coin play for each hand is the
best strategy.
May all your VP
choices turn out to be ‘Royalty’.
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