Jacks or Better 9/6 Light
Beginners Strategy
To use the charts all you have to do is look at the hand that you are dealt. Starting at the top of the chart you will look down until you come to that hand. This is simple strategy and falls about 1 % lower than proper basic strategy. It will get you close. For better results you may want to learn the full strategy.
The following are Automatic Hands. Keep all cards:
Royal Flush
Straight Flush
4 of a Kind
Full House
Flush or Straight* *
**Break up Flush or Straight to draw 1 card to a Royal
Flush.
| 4 Cards to a Royal Flush | Draw 1 |
| Three of a Kind | Draw 2 |
| 4 Card Straight Flush | Draw 1 |
| Two Pair | Draw 1 |
| High Pair Jacks - Aces | Draw 3 |
| 3 Cards to a Royal Flush | Draw 2 |
| 4 Flush | Draw 1 |
| 4 Card Straight, 3 High Cards | Draw 1 |
| Low Pair Twos - Tens | Draw 3 |
| 4 Card Straight, 2345 - 89TJ
Open on either end. 4 cards in a row. |
Draw 1 |
| 3 Straight Flush, 234s -9TJs Open on either end. 3 cards in a row. |
Draw 2 |
| 2 Card Royal Flush no Ten | Draw 2 |
| 3 Straight Flush (Inside) 1 Gap Example: 6x89s x = Gap |
Draw 2 |
| 3 High cards KQJ * No Ace | Draw 2 |
| 2 High Cards | Draw 3 |
| 2 Card Royal Flush with Ten KTs QTs JTs |
Draw 3 |
| 1 High Card | Draw 4 |
| 3 Straight Flush (Inside) 2 Gaps Example: 5xx8s x = Gap |
Draw 2 |
| Everything else | Draw 5 |
Small letter "s" means cards are same suit.
* Don't keep an Ace with 2 high cards You have
a better chance at four-of -a -kind without it.
Advanced Charts for more games
You will need adobe acrobat.
