The Game
Jacks or Better 100 is a video poker game with a twist. Playing up to a hundred hands simultaneously gives you the best chance to win big!
- Firstly, choose how many hands you would like to play at one time.
- Then choose your stake.
- The stake that you choose per hand will be multiplied by the amount of hands to calculate a final Total Stake for the round. This isn’t as confusing as it sounds.
- If your stake is 0.1 per hand and you play ten hands, your Total Stake is 1.0. If you play 100 hands, your Total Stake is 10.0. Adjust your credits to further increase the Total Stake.
You are now ready to be dealt a base hand. From this hand you will choose which cards to hold and which to discard, remembering that the aim of the game is to secure a hand that is BETTER than a pair of Jacks. If you are playing multiple hands, any cards that you hold in your base hand will be held automatically in all other hands. Cards not held will be discarded and replaced by new cards from the pack. These either help or hinder you from forming the best hand possible to win big!
Draw new cards from the pack. If you have one or more of the poker hands in the bottom left of the screen, remembering that a pair must consist of Jacks or Better, then you will win the prize stipulated for the quality of your hand. When playing multiple hands, you will win for every hand appropriate and your total winnings will be calculated.
The Gamble
When you win, you have three options. You can gamble, gamble half or collect.
- GAMBLE – Double your winnings by guessing the colour of the next card drawn (red or black). If your guess is incorrect you will forfeit all of your winnings from the previous round.
- GAMBLE HALF – If you gamble half, you only risk half of your winnings.
- COLLECT – Keep your winnings and enter the next round of Jacks or Better 100.
The Strategy
Hands: High to Low:
Hold the hand that is highest on the list below and draw all other cards.
- Four of a kind, straight flush, royal flush
- 4 to a royal flush
- Three of a kind, straight, full house
- 4 to a straight flush
- Two pair
- High pair
- 3 to a royal flush
- 4 to a flush
- Low pair
- 4 to an outside straight
- 2 suited high cards
- 3 to a straight flush
- 2 unsuited high cards (if more than 2, pick the lowest 2)
- Suited 10/J, 10/Q or 10/K
- One high card
- Discard everything