How to Play 9/6 Jacks or Better Video Poker

One deal, one decision, one draw

Choose the value of one credit and play between one and five credits. Total wager is credit value multiplied by credits played. Deal reserves that wager and gives you five cards from a standard 52-card deck with no wild cards.

Tap any cards you want to keep. A gold border, checkmark, and HELD label confirm the selection. Tap again to release one. Draw replaces every unheld card once; cards discarded from the original hand cannot come back in that draw. If you hold all five, Keep all 5 settles them without replacement.

Which hands pay?

A single pair pays only if it is jacks, queens, kings, or aces. A pair of tens or lower does not pay on its own. Two pair pays even when both pairs are low. The 9/6 name describes the full house and flush awards per credit; it does not describe a winning probability.

Returned is different from net

At 25¢ per credit, five credits cost $1.25. A final pair of jacks returns five credits, or $1.25: the hand breaks even. Two pair returns ten credits, or $2.50, for $1.25 net profit. A non-paying hand returns nothing and loses the $1.25 wager.

The result panel shows Wager, Returned, Net result, and Session P/L separately. Gold outlines mark the cards that form the paying hand. A spare card beside a paying pair does not contribute to its award.

Review, then start fresh

The final cards and result stay visible so you can review them. Choose New hand to return all five cards face down. That action places no wager; Deal cards begins the next hand.

Coach compares all 32 hold choices. Test Me lets you choose before showing the comparison. Demos and practice examples use separate credits and do not change saved account performance.