Video Poker Rules

Video Poker is a great game for those of you that like playing man against machine as opposed to player against player. In Video Poker, you aren't playing against other players, you don't have to gear your decisions around other player abilities.

This form of poker moves faster because you are not waiting for other players to decide their own fate. Do not confuse this online casino game with a slot machine, this game is more complex and you must have the basics of poker in mind to play it properly.

How this game is played

Assuming you already understand the ranking of poker hands, we will run through this game pretty quickly for you.

There are many different video poker games, but most machines are based on the classic 5-card draw poker game. The machine will deal you 5 random cards from a deck of 52 - some online casino s use jokers, too. After your cards are dealt to you, you have one chance to improve your hand by discarding up to 4 of them (depending on the specific game you are playing) and getting replacements.

Remember, this game is different than a real game of poker with other players present, so the strategy and play have nothing to really do with regular poker  - except the concept of 5-card draw.

In Video Poker you success is all relative to the machine's specific pay-out schedule. You need to be sure to read the schedule on the actual machine, or online, before you start. This way, you will no what you are up against and you will be aware of the pay-out. This can vary from machine to machine.

Honestly, if you are already familiar with regular poker , you will adjust to this casino game easily as long as you are able to switch gears from playing against other players to just the machine.

When playing this game, you are not playing your hand based on any other player, their ability, or bluffing.

Check the Strategy Guide for this game for more details.

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