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BeatVegas is a free-play video poker trainer and hold calculator. It is not a casino, not a real-money game, and not an offer to gamble. No deposits. No cash-out. Credits are for practice only. By continuing you confirm you are 21 or older and understand this is an educational tool.

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Video poker

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Know the hold.

Find the edge. Turn the odds in your favor.

Enter pay tables from your favorite video poker games, including ones you see on the casino floor. See each hold’s expected value, positive-EV spots, and when progressives tilt that EV in your favor. Then Practice deals or take Challenge paths.

  • EV calculator — Enter pay tables from your favorite games (casino floor too). See hold EV — and when progressives tilt EV in your favor.
  • Practice — Free-play deals vs optimal on your pay table.
  • Challenge — Curated tough hands and Mastery paths (same daily cap).

Practice

Practice mode

Practice — free-play deals against optimal on the active pay table.

Play free-play deals and compare My hold vs optimal. Uses your Practice pay table (including custom edits). Same daily calculation cap as Challenge. Switch to Challenge when you want curated tough hands and Mastery paths.

Deal a hand to practice. We’ll show how your hold compares to optimal.

Practice and Challenge share the same daily calculation cap (Guest 5 · Free account 20 · Pro unlimited).

Expected return

99.54%

House edge

Jacks or Better · 9/6 (Full Pay) · 5 coins

House keeps 0.46% of every dollar cycled, with perfect play.

Royal flush breaks even around 4,880 credits at 5 coins.

5 of 5 free calculations left today

Game settings

Payout schedule

5/5

Tap a line to edit payout. Progressive royals take the current jackpot in credits. Each saved edit uses one free calculation.

Calculator

History

Tap a card to edit · long-press also works

Best hold EV

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credits at 5 coins

Dealt hand

4 of a Kind

Calculating hold…

Practice credits only. Not real-money gambling.

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Returns, holds and break-even are exact optimal-play figures for the selected pay table at any coin count; edited pay tables are re-solved exactly.