Microgaming Progressive Video Poker Games - Supajax and Jackpot Deuces

Microgaming Video Poker Software & Progressives

Microgaming is probably the best known casino software for progressive games on the internet. These are the folks who brought the world the Major Millions progressive game, and also the same folks who invented progressive versions of traditional table games like blackjack and roulette. Microgaming casinos offer two progressive video poker games, Supajax and Jackpot Deuces.

Supajax Progressive Video Poker

Supajax Progressive Video Poker from Microgaming Supajax is a progressive version of the most popular and original video poker game, Jacks or Better. The progressive jackpot is available when you play max coins bet.

Supajax is played from a 53 card deck, a standard 52 card deck that has a "Supajax" card included in it. This card only comes into play if you have four jacks and the Supajax card, and that's when you win the jackpot.

Supajax is a $1 game, so max coins on Supajax is $5 per bet. Like any progresssive jackpot game, especially in video poker, if the jackpot gets large enough, the game becomes a positive expectation bet. With Supajax, the magic number is $53,000, and because that's the point where the game becomes 100.11%.

The correct strategy for Supajax is laid out in the same manner as for Jacks or Better or most other video poker strategies. Start at the top, go down the list, and as soon as you get to a hand that fits what you have, stop and hold those cards.

Supajax Correct Video Poker Strategy

Supajax (4 jacks + the Supajax card)
Natural Royal Flush
3 Jacks + Supajax
Natural Straight Flush
Natural 4 of a Kind
4 to a Royal Flush
3 Jacks
2 Jacks + Supajax
Natural Full House
Natural Flush
3 of a kind
Natural Straight
4 to an open-ended straight flush (if the jackpot is over $65k, you should hold a pair of jacks over the straight flush draw.)
2 pair (if the jackpot is over $79k, you should break 2 pair if you have 2 jacks, in order to draw to the jackpot)
4 to an inside straight flush draw
High pair
3 to a Royal Flush
4 to a Flush (if the jackpot is over $65,000, break the 4 to a lfush if you can hold J+supajax)
Jack + Supajax
TJQK or 9TJQ
Low pair
89TJ
9JQ suited, 9QK suited,
4 to an open-ended straight with no high cards
3 to a straight flush with 1 gap
JQKA
8JQ suited, 9QK suited, 9JK suited
JQ suited
9TQ suited, 8TJ suited, 89J suited
3 to an open-ended straight flush with no high cards
2 suited high cards
4 to an inside straight with 3 high cards
Jack
JQ
JQK
3 to a straight flush with 2 gaps & 1 high card
3 to a straight flush with 1 gap
2 high cards
Q, K, or Ace
3 to a straight flush with 2 gaps and no high cards
Redraw everything

Jackpot Deuces Progressive Video Poker

Jackpot Deuces Progressive from Microgaming

Jackpot Deuces is a progressive Deuces Wild Video poker game, played at $1 per coin, with a 5 coin max bet required in order to hit the jackpot.

To win the big jackpot, you need to wager the full $5, and you also need a natural royal flush made up of diamonds. The odds of hitting a royal flush made up of diamonds is 1 in 161,500. The magic number for this jackpot to become a positive expectation bet is $16,000, at which point the game pays back at a theoretical percentage of 100.3%.

I don't currently have a perfect strategy developed for Jackpot Deuces, but I will post one here when I get one.

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