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One-Eyed Jacks

Last Update: Sep 07, 2004

Introduction

One-Eyed Jacks is a video poker variation in which, you guessed it, one-eyed jacks (in hearts and spades) are wild. An exception is that a natural royal flush in hearts or spades counts, in other words the one-eyed jack is not forced to be wild.

Return

75-50 One-Eyed Jacks
Hand	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Nat. Royal Flush	800	517357408	0.000026	0.020764
Wild Royal Flush	200	5389058980	0.00027	0.054071
Five of a kind	75	9264247202	0.000465	0.034857
Straight Flush	50	40238004250	0.002019	0.100932
Four of a kind	15	402672195348	0.020201	0.303016
Full House	5	385743244800	0.019352	0.096759
Flush	3	351977034740	0.017658	0.052973
Straight	2	597327460550	0.029966	0.059933
Three of a kind	1	3688210843150	0.185028	0.185028
Two pair	1	1883259382770	0.094478	0.094478
Nonpaying hand	0	12568631688002	0.630537	0
Total		19933230517200	1	1.002811

80-50 One-Eyed Jacks
Hand	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Nat. Royal Flush	800	513965766	0.000026	0.020627
Wild Royal Flush	180	5298275364	0.000266	0.047844
Five of a kind	80	9267845694	0.000465	0.037196
Straight Flush	50	40384893940	0.002026	0.1013
Four of a kind	15	402731777210	0.020204	0.303061
Full House	5	385817595960	0.019355	0.096777
Flush	3	351926707766	0.017655	0.052966
Straight	2	602973269682	0.03025	0.060499
Three of a kind	1	3687272139870	0.184981	0.184981
Two pair	1	1884221825082	0.094527	0.094527
Nonpaying hand	0	12562822220866	0.630245	0
Total		19933230517200	1	0.999779

75-45 One-Eyed Jacks
Hand	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Nat. Royal Flush	800	519410406	0.000026	0.020846
Wild Royal Flush	200	5448315596	0.000273	0.054666
Five of a kind	75	9299546704	0.000467	0.03499
Straight Flush	45	39050705070	0.001959	0.088158
Four of a kind	15	404633593424	0.020299	0.304492
Full House	5	386766114210	0.019403	0.097015
Flush	3	349839099492	0.017551	0.052652
Straight	2	594391657846	0.029819	0.059638
Three of a kind	1	3703131704080	0.185777	0.185777
Two pair	1	1886760249222	0.094654	0.094654
Non-paying hand	0	12553390121150	0.629772	0
Total		19933230517200	1	0.992888

75-50 One-Eyed Jacks
Hand	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Nat. Royal Flush	800	505681268	0.000025	0.020295
Wild Royal Flush	150	5183731554	0.00026	0.039008
Five of a kind	75	9264459196	0.000465	0.034858
Straight Flush	50	40624300588	0.002038	0.101901
Four of a kind	15	402596706420	0.020197	0.302959
Full House	5	385895841162	0.019359	0.096797
Flush	3	351974241246	0.017658	0.052973
Straight	2	610971665120	0.030651	0.061302
Three of a kind	1	3685952524350	0.184915	0.184915
Two pair	1	1884765467190	0.094554	0.094554
Non-paying hand	0	12555495899106	0.629878	0
Total		19933230517200	1	0.989562

75-45-15 One-Eyed Jacks
Hand	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Nat. Royal Flush	800	508886194	0.000026	0.020424
Wild Royal Flush	150	5227969762	0.000262	0.039341
Five of a kind	75	9298239632	0.000466	0.034985
Straight Flush	45	39509893244	0.001982	0.089195
Four of a kind	15	404465659466	0.020291	0.304365
Full House	5	386848774332	0.019407	0.097036
Flush	3	350062001952	0.017562	0.052685
Straight	2	609840773972	0.030594	0.061188
Three of a kind	1	3699607396442	0.1856	0.1856
Two pair	1	1887943844064	0.094713	0.094713
Non-paying hand	0	12539917078140	0.629096	0
Total		19933230517200	1	0.979533

75-40-15 One-Eyed Jacks
Hand	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Nat. Royal Flush	800	512466912	0.000026	0.020567
Wild Royal Flush	150	5270391894	0.000264	0.03966
Five of a kind	75	9323709972	0.000468	0.035081
Straight Flush	40	38815598626	0.001947	0.077891
Four of a kind	15	405683180324	0.020352	0.305282
Full House	5	386978190204	0.019414	0.097069
Flush	3	345061035094	0.017311	0.051933
Straight	2	617328690676	0.03097	0.06194
Three of a kind	1	3702984527850	0.185769	0.185769
Two pair	1	1883911002996	0.094511	0.094511
Non-paying hand	0	12537361722652	0.628968	0
Total		19933230517200	1	0.969703

Strategy

Sorry, I don't have a strategy for this game. My computer figures out the optimal strategy by brute force. All I can give you is the following table, which shows the frequency of each number of discards for the 100.28% game.

One-Eyed Jacks Number of Discards
Discards	Combinations	Probability
0	34774	1.34%
1	299746	11.53%
2	465710	17.92%
3	1406832	54.13%
4	124722	4.80%
5	267176	10.28%
Total	2598960	100.00%

Other information:Bob Dancer addresses lists the returns for this game and many others in A Player's Guide to Good Video Poker Games (Strictly Slots, Nov. 2003).

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