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Video Poker

Video poker is a cross between a slot machine and the card game poker. The two popular games have been brought together to give both the poker and slot machine enthusiast a way to play the game both in a casino or on an online casino. This gives the player can play the poker game without any opponents, just the person against the computer and deck of cards. This can give much more freedom to play as and when you like and by playing online you can play anywhere you like also. The rules of the game also follow the standard poker rules, as you will read below so anyone with basic poker knowledge will find this a great transition into the online casino gaming world.

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Video poker has been around since the seventies, around the same time as house-held computers become popular. They were obviously not as advanced and sleek as the ones found in casinos these days, but served the purpose just the same. The game revolves around the card game of poker. Five cards are drawn from a freshly shuffled deck, you then get the option to hold any cards you think will be of value for a winning hand. The remaining cards will be discarded, then the computer will deal the remaining cards. The highest hand over the five cards will be your winning hand.

How to Play Video Poker

Although video poker games are very similar to slot machine games, these have one thing a slot machine game does not – they require some form of skill. This is due to the fact that the decisions made in the first part of the game will directly change the outcome of the whole game. Every hand dealt is from a newly shuffled 52 card deck, sometimes 53 cards are in play if the game is using the jokers wild rules. The main rules of poker apply, therefore there are certain types of video poker strategies that can be put into play for this game both in casino and in online casinos alike. In fact video poker is one of the most profitable games for any player that takes their time and learns the rules and strategies available for these games. But first to have a chance of reaping the big rewards of online casino video poker you must first learn the basic rules of poker.

Poker Hands

Here are a list of winning hands for the video poker games:

  • Royal Flush – This consists of an ACE, King, Queen, Jack and a Ten, all must follow the same suit.
  • Straight Flush – Five cards in succession, all of the same suit. For example 2-3-4-5-6 of hearts.
  • Four of a kind – Four of the same Number or Symbol. For example King of hearts, King of Diamonds, King of Spades and King of Clubs.
  • Full House – This consists of Three of a kind and a pair.
  • Flush – Any five cards all following the same suit. For example, 2,6,8,10.J of Clubs.
  • Straight – Five cards with consecutive numbers but all of different suits.
  • Three of a kind – Three of the same number or symbol.
  • Two Pair – Two of the same cards, twice.
  • Pair of Jacks or better ( this is only available in certain games) – pair of Jacks, Queens, Kings or Aces.

Once you know these and know what cards should be held or discarded to get closer to winning one of these combinations you are on your way to playing video poker successfully. There are a few strategies that can then be followed in this online casino game and also many different types of video poker games. For example there are : Deuces Wild – which uses all the Deuce cards (two’s) will be used as wild cards and take on the value of all other card values. There is also Jokers Wild which uses the jokers in the pack when shuffling, they are used as wild cards also. Jacks of better offers the winning hand Jacks or better where you need to have a pair of jacks, queens, kings or aces to win.

There are many types of poker strategies that you can follow for these online casino games, they will make a big difference to your bank balance if you take the time to find a good one and really read and understand it thoroughly before you start playing this game of skill. One of the great things of video poker is the autonomy, you don’t have to play with dealers or other player so it is just you and the game. If you are looking for a sure win and don’t mind investing your time then this is the game to look out for when you find yourself in wither a land based casino or playing at your favourite online casino. Good Luck.

Old Video Poker Games

Two Video Poker games that we’ve written a review about unfortunately no longer exists. These Games are: