Something about Video Poker

The average video poker machine look a lot like a regular slot machine, and can either a tabletop form or an upright desktop unit.

Denominations of the video poker machines are nickels, quarters, dollars and sometimes five dollars. Most video poker games are based on five-card draw poker. To play five-card draw, video poker players are dealt five cards and can throw
away any of them to try to better their video poker hand. New cards are dealt to replace the discarded ones, and the final five cards decide the winner.

To begin playing video poker, first determine how many coins you are going to play and insert your money and push the deal button. After your five cards are dealt, determine which video poker cards that you want to keep by pushing the video poker hold button associated with that card.

After selecting the cards, always double check to make certain that every card you want to keep is held. Once you push the deal button every card that you have chosen to discard (not hold) will be replaced with another card from the video poker deck.

Instead of playing against an opponent's hand as in a typical poker table play, you win when you have any of the five-card combinations listed on that particular video poker machine’s payout table. If your hand is a winning video poker combination
your account will be credited according to the payout schedule listed on the machine.


Pick a video poker strategy and stick with it.