Tens or Better Video Poker
Tens or better is a video poker variation where the lowest paying hand is a pair of Tens. Because of this advantage, payouts for flushes and full houses are reduced. Otherwise the payouts are the same as in Jacks or Better. Tens or better has slightly lower variance as there are more low paying hands.
Tens or Better Paytable
| Royal Flush | 800 |
|---|---|
| Straight Flush | 50 |
| Four of a Kind | 25 |
| Full House | 6 |
| Flush | 5 |
| Straight | 4 |
| Three of a Kind | 3 |
| Two Pair | 2 |
| Tens or Better | 1 |
Return percentage: 99.14%
Standard deviation: 4.42
TENS OR BETTER STRATEGY
Choose a play that is highest on the list.
Notice that high card = Ten – Ace
| 1 | Four of a kind, straight flush, royal flush |
|---|---|
| 2 | 4 to a royal flush |
| 3 | Full House, Flush, Straight, Three of a kind |
| 4 | 4 to a straight flush |
| 5 | Two pair |
| 6 | High pair (10-A) |
| 7 | 3 to a royal flush |
| 8 | 4 to a flush |
| 9 | 4 to outside straight King/Queen/Jack high |
| 10 | Suited 9TJ |
| 11 | Low Pair (2-9) |
| 12 | 4 to outside straight, other |
| 13 | 3 to a straight flush with 1-2 gaps & 2 high cards / Suited 89T |
| 14 | Suited TJ, JQ, TQ |
| 15 | 4 to straight, 4 high cards |
| 16 | 3 to straight flush A) no gaps & no high cards (345 - 789) B) one gap, one high card |
| 17 | 2 Suited high cards |
| 18 | 4 to inside straight, 3 high cards |
| 19 | 3 unsuited high cards, not ace |
| 20 | 2 unsuited high cards, not ace |
| 21 | 3 to straight flush A) 1 gap & no high cards, B) 2 gaps & one high card, C) Ace-Low |
| 22 | High card (10 - A) |
| 23 | 3 to straight flush with 2 gaps & no high cards |
| 24 | Replace All cards |
Definitions:
gap – missing rank between cards, for example 6,8,10 has two gaps
high card – Ten to Ace
inside straight – a straight which can be completed only one way (eg. 7,8,9,J or A,2,3,4)
outside straight – A straight which can be completed two-way (eg.7,8,9,10)
Ace-Low – A straight draw where Ace counts as the lowest card