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Blackjack isn\u2019t the only game with great odds. Some video poker games offer a house edge similar to that of blackjack<\/strong>, and you can sometimes find them in quarter denominations, which means you\u2019re putting less money into action per hour.<\/p>\n

An example is Jacks or Better. If you can find a quarter game with a 9\/6 pay table, you\u2019re looking at a house edge of just 0.54%. With 600 hands per hour, that\u2019s $750 in action, but you\u2019re only expected to lose about $3.75 per hour.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Video Poker Pay Tables<\/h2>\n

Of course, not all the video poker games have such generous pay tables. You can find more information about video poker pay tables in that section on our site, but let me just say this about video poker:<\/p>\n

Even the worst video poker games are a better gamble than your average slot machine game, and these games are more enjoyable to play anyway.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s why<\/h2>\n

Even an 8\/5 Jacks or Better game only has a house edge of less than 3%. That\u2019s twice as good as the average of 6% or more on most slot machine games.<\/p>\n

Also, when you\u2019re playing video poker, the decisions you make have an effect on your outcome. Make right decisions, and you\u2019ll win more often and lose less often. Make bad decisions, and the reverse is true.<\/p>\n

And with video poker, you can calculate the house edge based on the pay table. This is just impossible to do with a slot machine game because you have no idea what the odds are of any particular symbol coming up on any particular reel.<\/p>\n

Odds of video poker<\/h2>\n

Video poker games base all their odds on a virtual card deck. That means each card has a 1 in 52 chance of showing up, so mathematicians can easily calculate the payback percentage and house edge for the game.<\/p>\n

I prefer my casino games to lack that air of mystery. I want to know what kind math I\u2019m facing when I gamble.<\/p>\n

Most table games also have a known house edge, but it\u2019s almost always significantly higher than the house edge at video poker. Roulette, for example, has the house edge of 5.26%, which is 10 times the house edge on a full pay Jacks or Better video poker game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blackjack isn\u2019t the only game with great odds. Some video poker games offer a house edge similar to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[346,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat are Video Poker Pay Tables? | CasinoRank\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All you need to know about video poker and pay tables? 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