What you are playing
Section titled “What you are playing”Receive five cards, choose which to keep, and replace the rest once. Your final hand is paid according to the table. There is no dealer hand to beat and no opponent to bluff.
How to play
Section titled “How to play”- Read the paytable and choose a wager.
- Deal five cards.
- Mark the cards to hold; unheld cards will be replaced. You may hold any number, including zero or all five.
- Confirm Draw and read the final hand category and payout.
Rules and payouts
Section titled “Rules and payouts”Replacement cards come from the undealt remainder of the same 52-card deck. Only the highest final category pays; awards do not stack.
| Final hand | Meaning | Gross multiplier |
|---|---|---|
| Jacks or Better | One pair of Jacks, Queens, Kings, or Aces | 1× |
| Two pair | Two pairs of different ranks | 2× |
| Three of a kind | Three cards of one rank | 3× |
| Straight | Five consecutive ranks, any suits | 4× |
| Flush | Five cards of one suit | 6× |
| Full house | Three of one rank and two of another | 9× |
| Four of a kind | Four cards of one rank | 30× |
| Straight flush | Five consecutive ranks, all one suit | 50× |
| Royal flush | 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace, all one suit | 250× |
| Other hand | No paying category | 0× |
An Ace can finish 10–J–Q–K–A or start A–2–3–4–5. A sequence cannot wrap around from King through Ace to 2.
Use this paytable: it is a custom Jacks or Better variant. A high pair returns your stake; it does not make a net profit.
Worked example
Section titled “Worked example”With a 10-unit wager:
| Final hand | Gross return | Net result |
|---|---|---|
| Two pair | 20 | +10 |
| One pair of Queens | 10 | 0 |
| Four of a kind | 300 | +290 |
| One pair of tens | 0 | −10 |
Only the highest final category pays.
Example amounts use generic currency units; the currency’s precision determines final rounding.
Practical tips
Section titled “Practical tips”- Holding choices affect expected return. Use a strategy calculated for this exact paytable rather than assuming a generic Jacks or Better chart is optimal.
- Check hold indicators carefully before drawing. There is no extra payment for retaining a visually attractive suit unless it improves the final hand category.
Background
Section titled “Background”This version combines a five-card draw decision with a fixed payout table. That identifies its game family without asserting a specific inventor or release date.
FAQ and recovery
Section titled “FAQ and recovery”Can I redraw twice?
Section titled “Can I redraw twice?”No. You may hold any number of the five dealt cards, then confirm one replacement draw.
Can a discarded card reappear in the replacement draw?
Section titled “Can a discarded card reappear in the replacement draw?”No. Replacement cards are drawn from cards not already dealt in that hand.
Is a paying pair a profit?
Section titled “Is a paying pair a profit?”A Jacks-or-better pair pays 1× the wager. That returns the stake and leaves zero net profit.
Is autoplay available?
Section titled “Is autoplay available?”No. You must choose which cards to hold before drawing.
Can I leave instead of finishing the hand?
Section titled “Can I leave instead of finishing the hand?”Leaving the page does not cancel the hand. If the action deadline passes and the hand is forfeited, its payout is zero.
Check the game for its current currency, balance, and wager limits.