Online Video Poker
Video Poker has been a major hit for years in Las Vegas gamble casinos and now is the king of online gambling.
Simple video poker rules is a big part of the games success, coupled with machines that can genuinely respond to video poker strategies.
Video Poker rules
When Video poker machines were first launched, they were a gaming revolution, bringing together the concept of slot machines and traditional table poker. Video poker rules are very simple to learn, allowing every level of online player to enjoy the internet ’s most exciting and rewarding game:
Select a wager value (each game has specific min and max wager limits)
Click ‘Deal’ to start the round
Analyse your hand
Click the cards you wish to Hold
Click ‘Draw’ to replace your discarded cards with fresh ones
The machine analyses your hand and pays out if you have a winning poker hand
At a basic level you can play the game as you would a slot machine... just click and see if you match a winning hand. Many advanced video poker games enable you to automate your skill, and will automatically highlight which cards to hold.
Video Poker strategy
Video Poker machines generally pay out between 95 and 98.5% - allowing pros and casual players to enjoy regular poker payouts. If the pro player can get an edge, there’s no reason why you can’t boost your fun and rewards too, using simple skills!
Video Poker strategies to learn from:
Jacks or Better Video Poker Strategy
If you’re dealt a wining hand, always hold, unless you hit 4-cards to a Royal Flush (when you have a chance of hitting the big time!)
If you’re dealt a non-winning hand then keep the following combos:
- Any 4-cards to a Straight Flush
- Any 4-cards to a Flush
- Any 3-cards to a Royal Flush
- Any low pair (10’s or lower)
- Any 2 high cards of the same suit
- Any 3 cards to a Straight Flush
- Any 4-card consecutive Straight
- Any single high card - Jack, Queen and King of different suites
- Any 2 high cards of different suites
- Jack, Queen or King with a 10 of the same suit
If you don’t hit any of the hands above - draw 5 fresh cards.
Kings or Better Joker Wild Strategy
Joker hands
Keep the following combinations:
- Any 4-card Straight Flush and a 4-card Flushes containing Kings, Aces or both.
- 3-cards to a Royal Flush
- Winning pairs of Kings or Aces (High Cards)
- Any 3-cards to a Straight Flush.
- Any 4-card Flush with no King or Ace.
- Consecutive 4-card Straights
If your don’t have one of the joker combos, just hold the Joker.
No joker
Keep the following combos:
- Any 4-cards to a Straight Flush and any 3-cards to a Royal Flush.
- 4-cards to any Flush.
- Any pair of 2's to Queens.
- Any 3-cards to a Straight Flush.
- Any 4-card consecutive Straight.
- 2-cards to a Royal Flush if one of the cards is an Ace or King.
- Unsuited King and Ace.
- King or Ace alone.
- 2-suited Royal Flush cards lower than King or Ace.
With all other non-joker hands, re-draw 5 cards.
Deuces Wild Video Poker Strategies
Deuces Wild Video Poker is fun especially with 4 Wilds to boost your wins.
Zero Deuces – always hold your paying hands, unless you land 4-cards to a Royal Flush.
Hold the following combos:
- 4-card straight flushes
- 3-cards to a royal flush
- Any one pair
- 4-card flushes
- Consecutive 4-card Straights
- 3-cards to a Straight Flush
- Any two same suit Kings, Queens, Jacks or 10s
If you’re not dealt any of the above, draw 5 fresh cards.
1 Deuce – Keep your paying hands, except for 4-cards to a Royal Flush. Keep 4- cards to a Straight Flush and 3-cards to a Royal Flush – otherwise just hold the deuce.
Two Deuces – Keep Four-of-a-Kind or better and keep any four cards to a royal flush – just hold the deuces with any other hand.
Three Deuces – Keep a Wild Royal Flush and Five-of-a-Kind. Just hold the deuces with other hands.
Four Deuces – You’ve hit the jackpot combo - hold every card and savour the payout!
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