Video Poker

Video Poker brings together the simplicity of a casino machine with the decision-making of traditional poker. Play the JacksClub in-house Video Poker game with a 99% RTP, straightforward five-card draw gameplay and payouts of up to 500x your bet for a Royal Flush.

Unlike an online slot, Video Poker gives you control over part of every round. You're dealt five cards and decide which ones to hold and which to discard. The cards you replace are drawn again, and your final five-card hand determines whether you win.

It's fast, simple to learn and one of the lowest-house-edge casino games available at JacksClub.

How to Play Video Poker

JacksClub Video Poker is based on traditional five-card draw poker.

Start by choosing your bet amount. You'll then receive five cards.

Before the draw, you can select HOLD beneath any cards you want to keep. Cards that aren't held are discarded and replaced with new cards from the deck.

Your resulting five-card combination is your final hand.

If that hand appears on the Video Poker paytable, you receive the corresponding payout. Better poker hands produce larger multipliers, with the Royal Flush sitting at the top.

There's no bluffing and you're not competing against other players. You're simply trying to create the strongest qualifying five-card hand.

Video Poker Payouts

The JacksClub Video Poker paytable is straightforward:

Poker HandPayoutRoyal Flush500xStraight Flush60xFour of a Kind25xFull House9xFlush6xStraight4xThree of a Kind3xTwo Pair2xJacks or Better1x

These are the payouts currently displayed within the JacksClub Video Poker game.

The lowest qualifying hand is Jacks or Better, meaning you need at least a pair of Jacks, Queens, Kings or Aces to receive a payout.

At the opposite end of the paytable is the Royal Flush. Making 10-J-Q-K-A of the same suit awards 500x your stake.

Video Poker Hand Rankings

If you've played poker before, the rankings will already be familiar.

A Royal Flush is the strongest possible hand, followed by a Straight Flush, Four of a Kind and Full House. Below those are a Flush, Straight, Three of a Kind, Two Pair and Jacks or Better.

Understanding these rankings is important because Video Poker involves decisions.

For example, you might need to choose between keeping a made pair or holding several cards that could potentially complete a Straight or Flush.

The strongest decision isn't always the one that offers the biggest possible payout. Good Video Poker strategy considers the probability and value of all possible outcomes.

JacksClub Video Poker RTP

One of the standout features of JacksClub Video Poker is its 99% RTP.

RTP stands for Return to Player and represents the theoretical proportion of all money wagered that a game returns to players across an extremely large number of rounds.

At 99% RTP, the theoretical house edge is 1%.

That makes Video Poker the highest-RTP game currently listed among JacksClub's in-house games. Most JacksClub Originals, including Plinko, Mines, Crash, Dice, Keno and Tower, are listed at 98% RTP.

However, RTP isn't a prediction of what will happen during your session. A 99% RTP doesn't mean you'll receive $99 back every time you wager $100. It describes the game's theoretical performance over a very large number of rounds.

Video Poker Strategy

Video Poker differs from most casino games because the decisions you make can influence the mathematical return.

Your main decision is which cards to hold.

If you receive a strong made hand, keeping the cards that form it will often make sense. Other hands can create more complicated decisions, particularly when you have potential Straights, Flushes or higher-value combinations available.

A few basic principles can help:

• Understand the complete paytable before playing.

• Learn standard poker hand rankings.

• Don't automatically chase a Royal Flush.

• Consider the value of the hand you already have before discarding cards.

• Use a consistent Video Poker strategy rather than making decisions based on previous results.

Previous hands don't tell you what's coming next. Getting several losing hands in succession doesn't mean a strong hand is suddenly "due."

Jacks or Better Video Poker

The JacksClub game uses a Jacks or Better qualifying structure.

That means a single pair only pays when it consists of Jacks, Queens, Kings or Aces. A pair of 10s or lower isn't enough to produce a winning final hand.

Jacks or Better is one of the most recognizable forms of Video Poker because the objective is easy to understand while still leaving room for strategic decisions.

It also creates an important distinction between Video Poker and regular poker.

You're not trying to beat another player's hand. You're trying to create a combination that qualifies according to the fixed paytable.

Video Poker vs Online Slots

Video Poker and online slots might appear similar because both are played through a digital casino interface, but the gameplay is very different.

With a slot, you choose your stake and spin. Once the spin begins, there are generally no decisions capable of changing its outcome.

Video Poker introduces a decision between the initial deal and final result.

You choose which cards to hold and which to replace.

That makes Video Poker appealing to players who enjoy casino games where strategy plays a role rather than relying entirely on chance.

Slots offer a much wider variety of themes, Free Spins, jackpots, Megaways and bonus mechanics, while Video Poker strips the experience back to cards, probabilities and a fixed paytable.

You can explore both in the JacksClub casino.

Video Poker vs Poker

Video Poker also shouldn't be confused with conventional multiplayer poker.

There are no opponents to bluff and no communal cards. You don't need to decide whether another player is holding a stronger hand.

Instead, each Video Poker round is played against a predetermined paytable.

You receive five cards, choose what to hold and draw replacements for the cards you discard.

This creates much faster rounds than traditional poker while retaining recognizable poker hands such as Straights, Flushes, Full Houses and Royal Flushes.

Play Video Poker With Crypto

JacksClub is a crypto casino, so you can play Video Poker using your JacksClub balance.

The casino currently supports Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, USDT, USDC, XRP, TRON, TON and Solana for deposits and withdrawals.

Your casino balance isn't restricted to Video Poker. You can use the same account to move between JacksClub Originals, online slots, blackjack, roulette, baccarat, live casino and the sportsbook.

That makes it easy to switch games without creating separate balances for different areas of the site.

Play Video Poker on Mobile

Video Poker is particularly well suited to mobile play because the game uses a simple five-card layout.

Open JacksClub through a compatible mobile browser, choose your bet, deal your cards and tap the cards you want to hold.

Your account and balance remain the same across supported mobile and desktop devices, so there's no need to create a separate mobile casino account.

Explore More JacksClub Original Games

Video Poker is part of the JacksClub Originals collection.

If you want something different, you can also play Plinko, Mines, Crash, Dice, Keno, Tower, Hilo, Wheel, Coin Flip, Blaze, Sugar Rush, Neon and other in-house games.

Most of these games currently have a 98% RTP, compared with the 99% RTP displayed for Video Poker.

Each offers a very different experience. Mines and Plinko provide simple risk-and-reward mechanics, while Crash revolves around choosing when to cash out before the multiplier ends.

Explore More Poker and Table Games

You can also explore the wider JacksClub table games collection.

Alongside Video Poker, JacksClub offers poker variants including Joker Poker, Aces and Faces and Jacks or Better, as well as Casino Hold'em and Three Card Poker.

The wider table games lobby also includes blackjack, roulette and baccarat.

These games provide a natural next step if you enjoy Video Poker because many involve a combination of straightforward casino rules and decisions rather than conventional slot mechanics.

Play Video Poker Online at JacksClub

JacksClub Video Poker keeps the format simple: five cards, one draw and a clearly defined paytable.

Choose your stake, decide which cards to hold and attempt to build anything from Jacks or Better through to a 500x Royal Flush. With a published 99% RTP, Video Poker also has the highest theoretical return currently listed among the JacksClub in-house games.

Whether you're familiar with poker or completely new to the game, the rules don't take long to understand. The strategy, however, gives you considerably more to learn.

Play Video Poker at JacksClub or explore the wider selection of poker, table games and JacksClub Originals.