Online Video Poker - Video Poker Machines

Video poker is of course the computer slot version

of the classic poker card game, but it has many unique differences. In order to supply the cards, the machines use an RNG, a Random Number Generator. The goal of the game is to compile the best possible hand with the initial cards dealt with five cards. You then make the decision as to what cards you should hold and which to reject; the discarded cards are then replaced by the machine. In order to make a calculated decision of what to keep or discard, is to learn the odds or percentages of what possible hands you could most likely receive from the initial cards. For example, if you have a pair of jacks, it is self evident that you cannot make a straight, flush, or royal flush. You may though have the ability to get a full house, three of a kind, four of a kind, or two pair. The thing that makes Draw poker such a good game is many machines can pay near to 100% or even more in some cases, providing you know the correct strategies. But of course, casinos are aware that the majority of players don't bother to learn & that's also where much of the casino's edge comes in.

Video Poker uses an equivalent of 52 decks of cards

which produces up to 2,598,960 potential hands. The Random number Generator is preset to achieve the same number of hands and odds that could statistically be made. Besides the large numbers, you actually have good odds to win because many of those potentials hand combinations pay. Because the probabilities of all the hands have previously been set, the casino attempts to get an advantage by settings the payouts according to the odds for each hand. But if you learn the payment tables & probabilities, you know in advance what your chances are. This is not as difficult as you might imagine and you don't need to be a mathematician or a genius to understand them & have a high chance of winning.

See the below table showing the connection of payout to overall machine return

Flush Return/ Full House = Approx Game/Machine Return.

9 to 1 for Full House and 6 to 1 for Flush= approx machine payment of 99.5%.

8 to 1 for Full House and 5 to 1 for Flush= approx machine payment of 97.4%.

7 to 1 for Full House and 5 to 1 for Flush= approx machine payment of 96.3%.

6 to 1 for Full House and 5 to 1 for Flush= approx machine payment of 95.2%.

We recommend you to use the maximum coinage on the best machines, as this way, you get full advantage of bonus payouts for the best hands such as royal flush, etc. Progressive machines are also excellent, as the payout on a royal flush can be massive. Look for progressive machines showing about 80% of the payout amount.

Payout tables for “Jacks or better” & “Deuces Wild” machines:

Deuces Wild Payment Percentages.
Natural royal hand- 800, 800, 800, 800, 800, 800
4 deuces hand – 200, 200, 400, 500, 200, 200
Wild royal hand – 25, 25, 25, 25, 20, 25
5 of a kind hand – 15, 16, 16, 12, 12, 15

Straight flush hand – 9, 10, 11, 8, 9, 9
4 of a kind hand – 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4
Full house hand – 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4
Flush hand – 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3
Straight hand – 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
3 of a kind hand – 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Return- 100.76%, 99.73%, 99.62%, 99.2%, 98.94%, 98.91%.

Jacks or Better Payment Percentages

Royal flush hand – 940, 800, 800, 800, 800, 800, 800, 800
Straight flush hand – 50, 50, 50, 40, 50, 50, 50, 50
4 of a kind hand – 25, 25, 80, 20, 80, 25, 80, 25
Full house hand – 9, 9, 8, 9, 8, 8, 7, 7
Flush hand – 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5
Straight hand – 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
3 of a kind hand – 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
2 pair hand – 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2,
Jacks/better hand – 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
Return- 99.9%, 99.54%, 98.49%, 98.25%, 97.4%, 97.3%, 96.25%, 96.15%.

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