9/6 Jacks or Better — Simple+ Strategy

Look at your dealt hand, find the highest line on this list you can make, and hold exactly that. Nothing to memorize beyond the order.

This 18-line list = 99.500% exact (solver-optimized)  ·  Optimal ≈ 99.54%  ·  gap ≈ one bet per 11,500 hands

READ TOP TO BOTTOM — THE FIRST PATTERN YOUR HAND MATCHES IS THE PLAY

1Four of a kind / straight flush / royal

24 to a royal flush

3Trips / straight / flush / full house

44 to a straight flush

5Two pair

6High pair (J–A)

73 to a royal flush

84 to a flush

9Low pair (2–10)

104 to an outside straight

113 to a straight flush + high card

122 suited high cards

133 to a straight flush (no high card)

144 to an inside straight, 3+ high cards

152 unsuited high cards

16Suited 10 + high card

17One high card

18Discard everything

TERMS WORTH KNOWING

High card — a Jack, Queen, King, or Ace. Pairs of these pay, so they are kept more often.

Outside straight — open on both ends and completable two ways, e.g. 7-8-9-10.

Inside straight — a gap in the middle, e.g. 6-7-9-10. A-2-3-4 and J-Q-K-A count as inside too.