About One Eyed Jack
Now here is an unusual but very welcome video poker title. Designed and developed by Espresso Games, One Eyed Jack makes use of its title, to create a video poker game woven into a pirate themed shell. At the bottom of the screen are a number of features that you can adjust, such as game speed, sounds and even the ability to change the lay-out of the cards that you are playing with. None of these options are essential, though you may still like to toy around with things.
How to play
After the deal, you’ll have five shiny new cards sitting before you. Underneath those cards are hold buttons. You can opt to hold as many of them as you wish; it is entirely up to you. Once you have selected which cards you wish to hold (if any at all), you can click on the draw button to pick up new cards.
Ideally, you’ll be hoping to build the best hand that you possibly can, to win a pay-out from the pay table. There is no dealer involved in this game. Players should know that if you locate a one-eyed Jack, they will have acquired a wild card.
It is far more difficult to win the jackpot that the game carries, as you will need to locate 5 parrots to win it. Parrots almost never show up.
Wagering and prizes
Players can adjust their coin values from a low of 0.05 up to 2.00 in total. From there, they can wager up to 5 coins per hand. This gives the One Eyed Jack video poker game a minimum bet limit of just 0.05 per hand, whilst it has a top maximum bet limit of a not too expensive 10.00 per hand.
For your money, you can pick money up on a 2 Pair, 3 of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush, 5 of a Kind, Wild Royal Flush or a Natural Royal Flush. Again though, to have any chance of winning that big jackpot, you will need to locate 5 mysterious parrots!
Final thoughts
We like the fact that One Eyed Jack has tried to introduce a handful of special features into the game, without trying to detract from the overall video poker experience. This could have easily gone wrong, but as it happens – it has worked out swimmingly!