See how small full-house and flush payout changes compound across repeated play.
A
9/6 Jacks or Better
Full house
9:1
Flush
6:1
Optimal return
99.544%
Theoretical cost
4.56
B
8/5 Jacks or Better
Full house
8:1
Flush
5:1
Optimal return
97.298%
Theoretical cost
27.02
Difference over 1,000 units of action22.46 units9/6 Jacks or Better has the higher published optimal return.
Strategy warning: the return figures assume strategy matched to each pay table and full-credit royal treatment. This tool does not imply that 9/6 strategy is exact for 8/5 or another variant.