Video Poker

Video poker games offer all the excitement and entertainment of regular poker, but you don’t have to worry about beating other players – you simply press one button to deal, choose which cards you want to keep, then press the same button to replace your discards. If your online video poker hand is a winner, you’re paid out automatically, unless you’re playing free video poker, in which case your only reward is the thrill of winning. Of course, the advantage of free video poker games is that they allow you to get to grips with the game without any risk.

To play video poker games effectively, all you need to know are what makes a winning hand and how much those hands will win you. The video poker articles on this page will teach you all you need to know – read ‘em and reap!

Video Poker Gamble Features

Many video poker games have a built-in gamble feature of some type which gives players the chance to risk the prize won from a given hand in order to try and increase its value. The format of the gamble feature varies from game to game. Some require players to predict whether the next playing card in a series will be higher or lower than the previous one. Others require the player to predict the colour or suit of a playing card. The odds paid for a successful prediction obviously vary according to the type of prediction made, but typically the video poker player can double or quadruple his winnings with each successful gamble.
Video Poker Gamble Features

Double Bonus Poker

Double Bonus Poker is a video poker game which gives players an opportunity to increase the value of any prize won by gambling it in a bonus round. If the gamble pays off then the prize is doubled and the player can either collect it or try and double it again. This makes it possible for players to parlay even a modest win into something much bigger. In addition, the payouts for Four of a Kind are twice as big as they are in a standard game of Bonus Poker.
Double Bonus Poker

Deuces Wild

Deuces Wild is a video poker game where all of the deuces (number 2 cards) in the deck can be counted as any other card. This makes it quite a bit easier to land winning combinations, and for that reason the minimum hand that needs to be made in most Deuces Wild games is a Three of a Kind. This differs from many other video poker variations where the minimum hand required for a payout is generally a pair of jacks or better (tens or better in the variation of the same name) and where prizes are also paid for Two Pair.
Deuces Wild

Video Poker Promotions

Video poker promotions can help video poker players to get more action, more excitement and/or more profit from their video poker gaming sessions. Whilst promotions that pertain specifically to video poker tend to be less common than those pertaining to blackjack and roulette, video poker promotions can still be found if you keep your eyes open. In this article we identify the main types of video poker promotions that you are most likely to come across…
Video Poker Promotions

Video Poker Games

There are many different types of video poker games. Some of the most popular are Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild and Multi-Hand Video Poker, which allows you to play anything from 2 to 100 video poker hands simultaneously. The rules of these different games vary, so take advantage of any free video poker versions so that you can get used to the rules before you play with real cash.