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How to Play Video Poker:
Video
Poker is one of those universal games that if you’ve never played before then
you will learn in mere minutes! Simply clicking on the “Deal/Draw” button will
start the game and you will receive your cards.
The overall basis of the game
is to acquire a winning combination of cards with each hand you play, you can
improve the strength of your hand by “holding” particular cards that were dealt
to you and by getting rid of others that are not of use to you at that time.
Rules
of Video Poker:
The general rules of Video Poker
are easy to grasp, the basic actions are as follows
Decide how much you wish to wager
per hand
Click “Deal/Draw” button to be
dealt your card
Then keep all your cards or “hold”
and swap other cards to make your best hand possible
Click “Deal/Draw” button again see
if you have won
Start again!
Here are the hands that you are looking to hold:
Jacks or
Better: Lower pairs than Jacks do not count as winning
hands.
Kings or
Better: Only a pair of Kings or Aces counts as winning
hands.
Two Pair: Any two sets of pairs of the same value.
Three of a
Kind: Three cards of the exact same value.
Four of a
Kind: Four cards of the exact same value.
Five of a
Kind: Five cards of the exact same value, with an
additional Wild Card making up the five.
Straight: Five consecutive cards by card value, does not need to be the same suit.
Flush: Any five non-consecutive cards, all must be of the same suit.
Straight
Flush: Five consecutive cards, all must be of the same
suit.
Royal
Flush: Five consecutive cards, all of the same suit and the
first card starting at ten with the last card as an Ace.
Wild Royal
Flush: Exactly the same as a Royal Flush, but this hand
contains a Wild Card.
Tips/Strategy for video poker:
Video
Poker is essentially a game of luck, but knowing and learning the various
winning hands can seriously aid you in winning some cold hard cash! Knowing
which cards to “hold” and which to discard is the key to being successful in
Video Poker, and in any variation of Poker for that matter!
So make sure you
take the time to study the hands above.
