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Video Poker rules - An Introduction To Video Poker

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Learn the best method to play Video Poker ? The SIMPLE rules of Video Poker from a frequent player. I could give you step-by-step instructions to play Video Poker however, I'm just going to cut to the chase. Video Poker is a simple game.

Rules

In Video Poker, the ranking of the hands are the same as in Texas Holdem and . Since the game is automated and online, your objective is to get the best hand possible. The online poker machine deals you a five cards for your hand. You may keep or discard as many cards as you like by selecting the appropriate button associated with every card. After selecting the card(s) you want to hold or get rid of, press on "deal/draw. (or similar)" The cards you didn’t want will beg replaced with new cards. If the new hand contains a winning hand, you will be paid.

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Payouts

The winning hands and pay-outs for Jacks or Better, from highest to lowest are:

Royal Flush
A, K, Q, J, and 10 of the same suit. It’s the highest-paying hand in poker and occurs, on average, once every 40,000 hands. Pays 4,000 or more coins when five coins are bet. Pays only 250 coins when less than five coins are bet.
Straight Flush
Five consecutive cards in the same suit, for instance 8, 9, 10, J and Q. Pays 50 per coin bet.
Four of a Kind
A hand with four cards of the same value, such as four Nines. Pays 25 per coin bet.
Full House
Three cards of one value, and two cards of another value, like three Fives and two Kings. Pays 9, 8, 7 or 6 per coin bet.
Flush
Any five cards of the same suit, in no particular order. Pays 6 or 5 per coin bet.
Straight
Any five consecutive cards, such as J, 10, 9, 8 and 7, but not in the same suit. Pays 4 per coin bet.
Three of a Kind
Three cards of the same value, three Sevens for instance. Pays 3 per coin bet.
Two Pair
A hand containing two pairs, such as two Tens and two Aces. Pays 2 per coin bet.
Pair of Jacks or Better
A pair of Jacks, Queens, Kings or Aces makes up the lowest paying hand, (hence the name).

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