Hello John,
I enjoy reading
your articles. I have a question for you:
I read some
gaming message board on the internet and was wonder what are
they mean by 9/6 or better video poker machines?
If I have to
guess, they must be talking about pay tables on Jacks or Better
video poker machines. I assume they meant Jacks or Better pay
1, 2 pair shoud pay 2, 3 of a kind pay 3, etc.
I also notice
some machines only pay 1 for 2 pair.
Please confirm my
theory.
Thanks and keep
up the good work.
You're right. The
nickname "9/6 Jacks" refers to a particular Jacks or Better
paytable.
The "9/6" refers
to the payouts for full house and flush. Before there were so
many different paytables on the casino floors, we could say to
look for a machine with those two payouts to find a high-paying
machine. Now that there are so many similar paytables, you
really have to check the entire paytable to make sure that a
machine is indeed a 9/6 Jacks machine.
The complete 9/6
Jacks paytable is as follows:
|
Royal Flush |
250/4000 |
|
Straight
Flush |
50 |
|
4 of a Kind |
25 |
|
Full House |
9 |
|
Flush |
6 |
|
Straight |
4 |
|
3 of a Kind |
3 |
|
Two Pair |
2 |
|
Jacks or
Better |
1 |
With
mathematically perfect play, 9/6 Jacks pays back 99.5% in the
long run. The strategies readily available for this paytable
get incredibly close to that figure (within a few tenths of a
percentage point).
Best of luck in
and out of the casinos,
John
