Joker Poker

Joker Poker is a thrilling video poker variant where the joker is wild. Since a wild card has the ability to take on the value of any other card in the deck, players of Joker Poker have a better chance of holding a strong hand and getting a payout. What’s more, this joker also makes a five-of-a-kind possible.

In many ways, Joker Poker is similar to Jacks or Better. Simultaneously, there are quite a few differences that make this video poker variant unique.

Playing Joker Poker

Among the major differences between Jacks or Better or any other poker variant and Joker Poker is that Joker Poker is played with a deck of 53 cards, not the traditional 52. The extra card is what makes Joker Poker exciting. It is a joker that also behaves like a wild card.

Online casinos offer innumerable versions of Joker Poker. Each version is slightly different from the others with regard to rules, regulations, policies, betting structures, payouts, and so on. However, players rate this version from Chartwell as one of the best.

Two popular variants of Joker Poker are Jokers Wild and Kings or Better. Jokers Wild enjoys immense popularity in the casinos of the east coast, particularly in Atlantic City. It is also the most popular online variant of video poker. Kings or Better requires powerful strategy, but players stand the chance of getting a 100.64 percent payback.

Most of the common variants of Joker Poker offer payouts between 97.19 percent and 100.65 percent.