Video poker as suggested by the name is called so because, in video poker game player plays against a machine which displays players cards on the screen. Video poker as suggested by the name is called so because, in video poker players plays against a machine which displays players cards on the screen. This is like playing world class real money slot games which are primarily played with a machine where everything is displayed on the screen. Video poker is a game of skill, allow house edge with possibility of large wins and most important that you play alone against machine. The rules of this game are very simple and which makes this game easy to play. After placing stake you are dealt with five cards, the player has the option to keep one or more cards or discard them, in exchange for new ones. If the player has a sufficient good poker hand he wins and the machine or dealer pays the player according to a fixed scale of odds according to the type of hand. If the player’s final hand is worst then he loses the stake to the dealer.
The exact odds offered after winning and minimum winning hand varies from game to game. In such situations there are great chances of player to make profit. In certain games some cards are wild both the deuces or jokers are added to deck and in some games there is a jackpot which is winned by a high hand. To play video poker is not a big deal if you know poker then you know basics of poker. But while playing video poker just forget about table games and remember that you can’t raise, call or bluff the computer.
ORDER OF WINNING HANDS IN BASIC VIDEO POKER ARE AS FOLLOWS:
• ROYAL FLUSH
The best possible hand in video poker ace, king, queen, jack and ten all of the same suit.
• STRAIGHT FLUSH
Any five cards in sequence of the same suit like 8, 9,10,11,12 of clubs or 2, 3,4,5,6 of diamonds
• FOUR OF A KIND
All four cards of the same value like 8,8,8,8 or Q, Q, Q, Q OR 10,10,10,10
• FULL HORSE
Three cards of one kind combining a pair like 4, 4, 4 with 5,5 or 10,10,10 with 6,6.
• FLUSH
Any five cards of the same suit but not in a sequence such as 4, 5, 8,10,9 of spades.
• STRAIGHT
Five cards in a sequence but not in same suit such as 4,5,6,7,8 or 8,9,10,11,12 in which 4 of clubs 5 of diamonds,6 of spades,7 of hearts, and 8 of clubs not in same suit but in a sequence.
• THREE OF A KIND
Three cards of the same value in different suits such as 3, 3, 3, or queen, queen, queen.
These were the order of winning hands in video poker, analyzing this it will be easy for you to play video poker and help you in winning your game.