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VIDEO POKER

Video Poker is quite the popular game to play. This game is played at land based casinos and online casinos alike. The game is based on a regular game of 5 card poker draw

The game is actually really easy to understand and play and many players often call this their favorite game because the odds of winning are only slightly in the favor of the house and players have a great chance of winning at one of the various variations they choose to play. The most common video poker varieties are pairs plus, jacks or better, or deuces wild.

Betting on this game is similar of that to slot play. You enter money into the machine and then you decide on the amount you would like to play per hand. Once you have selected the amount you will receive 5 cards, you can then elect to keep all or any of the cards that you are dealt and then the cards that you have decided not to keep will be swapped out from the remainder of the deck. Then the screen will let you know whether you have a winning hand and the payout will be awarded if you were a winner.

Payouts are based on the amount wagered as well as the odds of the hand that you receive. Obviously the best hand has the highest payout. The hands are as follows for jacks of better. They are in order of best to most common. Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, Three of a Kind, Two Pair, Jacks or another pair that is better.

In these game, players should aim to play as many credits as they can as the payouts are a multiple of the amount that one selects to play. The payout for a royal flush is much higher if you are betting triple as many credits as the minimum with the aim of enticing players to bet more to win more. The payouts are actually exponential so betting the max can really reap very large rewards.

There are several tips when playing Jacks or better. Many suggest to never keep the 5th card just because the first 4 are great, you can always attempt to make a better hand. Also many say that if you have 3 cards to a straight the chances of getting the next 2 are very slim so do not hold the 3 cards. Also it is better to cash in on a full house than to hope for 4 of a kind and lose the full house that you have. The rules are similar to poker so if you think your chances are minimal chances are you are right.