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Gambling Newsletter 12/18 2004 from GamblingNewsletter.com

Dear Mark,
Please settle a dispute I have with my wife. In video poker, which start-up hand is more valuable, one with an ace or one with a jack? My wife believes neither as you get your money back with either once paired up. I believe the jack is because you can make more paying hands with it. Also, what about two aces versus two jacks as a starter hand?
Steve S.

In Jacks-or-better video poker, Steve, a lone Jack is worth more than an Ace. True, paired up after the draw they are hands of equal value, but thinking of straights and straight flushes, a Jack is a better starter card than an Ace. The Jack can be part of a 7-8-9-10-J; or 8-9-10-J-Q; or a 9-10-J-Q-K, straight flush, whereas, other than sharing a mutual royal flush, the only other straight flush an Ace can make is an Ace-2-3-4-5. The same reasoning applies for straights.
By and large, two Jacks as starters are worth exactly the same as two Aces in Jacks-or-better video poker. Both hands return your money if you draw no supporting cards. The same value holds true for three Jacks versus Three aces, and a four-of-a-kind for either hand. However, video poker also offers various “Bonus” games where four Aces pay quite a bit more than four Jacks do. On these bonus games, a pair of Aces would definitely be worth more than two Jacks. More

 

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