How to Play Jacks or Better Pyramid Poker
Jacks or Better Pyramid Poker is a
free online video poker, where it is necessary to play according to the standard rules for Jacks or Better, but with some deviations from these principles concerning bets.
The main aim of the game remains unchanged. It is necessary to collect combinations, provided by the pay table. In Jacks or Better Pyramid Poker the user also can exchange up to five cards for free one time.
The standard 52-card deck is used in Jacks or Better Pyramid Poker. Jokers are absent. All cards are shuffled at the beginning of each round.
The game is traditional in case of the basic bet. Upon selecting the bet size the client receives five cards and exchanges them, if necessary. Then, the resulting hand is paid in accordance with the indicated odds.
The usual poker hands from pair of jacks to royal flush are considered as winnings in Jacks or Better Pyramid Poker. It is possible to play this video poker betting from one to five coins with the value from two cents to five dollars. Therefore the basic bet can reach twenty-five dollars. The same size can have each of the two extra bets, which we will discuss below.
The max bet game in Jacks or Better Pyramid Poker does not provide any advantages.
After each hand with a paid combination, you will be asked to take part in the risk game. It is necessary to try finding the card among four hole cards that can beat the dealer's face up card. A successful choice doubles the payout, and the error means a loss.
There is no information about the theoretical payout percentage in Jacks or Better Pyramid Poker.
Extra betsApart from the basic bet, gamblers can stake in Jacks or Better Pyramid Poker on the combinations that can be formed from the first and last three cards. Though these bets are independent from the basic one, they are accepted only with it and should be equal to it.
The following hands are paid: pair of jacks or higher, flush, straight, three of a kind, straight flush and royal flush of three cards (arranged in order of rank increasing).
It should be noted that odds for the same combinations can vary in the pay tables for the first and last three cards.