Online Casino Destinations I
Gambling Skills Tutorials I
Online Casino Rules
Video Poker Rules
Video poker is a game with a real skinny house edge if you can play optimally. First, place you bet, then the video poker machine deals you 5 cards. Your goal is to have the best possible poker hand. You may discard as many of these 5 initial cards as you want and receive a second deal or replacement cards. The game's pay table will determine whether you hand results in a bet win, and if so how much.
There are many variations of the video poker all offering different pay tables and hand rankings, however the basic premise of the games are similar. The following pay table is from a typical Jacks or Better game.
|
Coins bet |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
Royal Flush |
250 |
500 |
750 |
1000 |
4000 to 5000 |
|
Straight Flush |
50 |
100 |
150 |
200 |
250 |
|
4 of a kind |
20 |
40 |
60 |
80 |
100 |
|
Full House |
7 |
14 |
21 |
28 |
35 |
|
Flush |
5 |
10 |
15 |
20 |
25 |
|
Straight |
4 |
8 |
12 |
16 |
20 |
|
3 of a kind |
3 |
6 |
9 |
12 |
15 |
|
2 pair |
2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
|
Jacks or better pair |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Notice that the five coin payout for a
royal flush will vary from machine to machine - so pick a
machine that pays well. Notice also that the 5 coin payout
for a royal flush is considerably more that 250 per coin -
making the 5 coin bet your best bet.
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