Joker Wild (Joker Poker) Pay Table Analysis

Joker Wild (also known as Joker Poker) is a basic video poker game with one twist - there is one Joker card in the deck. The Joker is used as a wild card and can be substituted for any other card in the deck. This increases the number of winning hands per session, so the casino reduces the pay tables to compensate.

This article lists the most common Joker Poker pay tables, and calculates the payout percentage for each Joker Wild pay table. We'll start by providing an overview of the pay tables covered on this page, and then we'll go over each individual pay table in depth. Make sure to note that this page covers Kings or Better Joker Poker. Aces or Better or Two Pair or Better versions will offer different pay tables than what's listed below:

Pay Table	Payout Percentage*
Full Pay Joker Poker	100.64%
18 Joker Poker**	98.94%
Low Pay #1 Joker Poker	98.59%
Low Pay #2 Joker Poker	98.44%
Low Pay #3 Joker Poker	98.41%
Low Pay #4 Joker Poker	98.09%

*Please note that the pay percentages above were calculated assuming that the player was betting five coins per hand and playing with optimal Joker Wild strategy.

**18 Joker Poker is mainly found at Cryptologic online casinos.

Full Pay Joker Poker - 100.64%

Full pay Joker Poker is the only version of the game with a 100+% payout. This means that in the long run you can actually win consistently by playing this pay table. The full pay Joker Poker pay table is rare, but can be found at a few off-strip Vegas casinos. Here's the table:

Hand	Payout
Natural Royal Flush	800
Five of a Kind	200
Wild Royal Flush	100
Straight Flush	50
Four of a Kind	20
Full House	7
Flush	5
Straight	3
Three of a Kind	2
Two Pair	1
Pair (Kings or Better)	1

Please note that you must bet five coins per hand to receive the payout percentage listed above. If you do not bet five coins per hand you won't receive the Natural Royal Flush bonus, and your pay percentage will suffer.

18 Joker Poker - 98.94%

18 Joker Poker cuts the four of a kind payout to 18x instead of 20x. This reduces the payout percentage almost two full points, all the way down to 98.94%. This is as good as you'll find at an online video poker casino.

Hand	Payout
Natural Royal Flush	800
Five of a Kind	200
Wild Royal Flush	100
Straight Flush	50
Four of a Kind	18
Full House	7
Flush	5
Straight	3
Three of a Kind	2
Two Pair	1
Pair (Kings or Better)	1

Low Pay Joker Poker Games

Anything besides full pay Joker Wild is considered a "low pay" version of the game. Joker Poker is a risky game because there are a ton of "sucker" pay tables out there. The tables below all look excellent because the top end payouts are huge, but notice that the low end payouts have been cut. This decreases the overall payout percentage. We suggest avoiding all of the pay tables below unless you cannot find any better games.

Low Pay #1 Joker Poker - 98.59%

The first low pay Joker Poker version we've analyzed is a really wacky pay table. Quite a few payouts are different, including five of a kind, straight flush, four of a kind, full house, and straight. Here's the full pay table:

Hand	Payout
Natural Royal Flush	800
Five of a Kind	800
Wild Royal Flush	100
Straight Flush	100
Four of a Kind	16
Full House	8
Flush	5
Straight	4
Three of a Kind	2
Two Pair	1
Pair (Kings or Better)	1

Low Pay #2 Joker Poker - 98.44%

The second low pay version of Joker Poker is also strange, and once again looks really attractive because of the high end payouts. However, the more common payouts have been slashed, so the pay table only pays out 98.44% overall. Here's the table:

Hand	Payout
Natural Royal Flush	940
Five of a Kind	200
Wild Royal Flush	100
Straight Flush	50
Four of a Kind	17
Full House	7
Flush	5
Straight	3
Three of a Kind	2
Two Pair	1
Pair (Kings or Better)	1

Low Pay #3 Joker Poker - 98.41%

The third low pay version of Joker Wild that we've analyzed is an even worse version, as many of the higher paying hands have had their payouts severely slashed. This has dropped the overall payout percentage to a maximum of 98.41%. Here's the table:

Hand	Payout
Natural Royal Flush	800
Five of a Kind	150
Wild Royal Flush	80
Straight Flush	50
Four of a Kind	20
Full House	6
Flush	5
Straight	3
Three of a Kind	2
Two Pair	1
Pair (Kings or Better)	1

Low Pay #4 Joker Poker - 98.09%

This is the worst pay table that we've analyzed for Joker Wild. Although the top payouts are very similar to full pay, most of the lower payouts have been slashed which results in a big drop in payout percentage. We don't recommend playing the below Joker Wild pay table:

Hand	Payout
Natural Royal Flush	800
Five of a Kind	200
Wild Royal Flush	100
Straight Flush	50
Four of a Kind	17
Full House	7
Flush	5
Straight	3
Three of a Kind	2
Two Pair	1
Pair (Kings or Better)	1

The above pay tables are the most common Joker Poker pay tables out there. The lesson here is to always try to find a full pay Joker Poker game, or at least an 18 Joker Poker game. If not, you might want to consider playing another video poker game, as the payout percentages for low pay Joker Wild are really poor.

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