Jokers Wild Video Poker

Jokers Wild video poker, also known as "Joker Poker", is something of a hybrid between Jacks or Better and Deuces Wild. Instead of a 52 card deck though, Joker Poker is dealt from a 53 card deck, and the 53rd card is a wild card, the joker.

Like Deuces Wild, Joker Wild video poker has a wider variety of potential payout charts than Jacks or Better. Also like Deuces Wild, Joker Poker has the potential to offer a positive expectatin game. A full pay Kings or Better Joker Wild game played with perfect strategy offers a payout percentage of 100.65%, and many lower paying variations of this game offer a 99.29% payback percentage or better.

Joker Poker Variations

Joker Poker can roughly be divided into a few categories.

Kings or Better Joker Poker usually offers the best odds on a Joker Wild video poker game, with a potential 100.65% return when played with perfect strategy. As the name of the game implies, Kings or Better pays out anytime you wind up with a pair of kings or aces.

Traditionally though, Joker Wild payouts start with two pair or better. While not nearly as attractive as the 100.65% available at Kings or Better, the 99.92% potential payback on this game is a very attractive bet indeed.

Some Joker Wild video poker games also offer a jackpot or bonus for any five of a kind too. But since they offer the jackpot for the five of a kind, they lower the payout for the natural royal flush considerably, which actually reduces the payout percentage for this version of Joker Poker to 97.19%.

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