| Video Poker has become extremely popular among | | | | cards and pocket cards". |
| those who love card games, in this version of the | | | | By taking a quick look at the payout chart for any |
| Poker game, you will be dealt five cards from which | | | | video poker game you will see that it usually has five |
| you need to build the best possible poker hand. Using | | | | columns. The first column shows the prize amount if |
| your card gaming skills in this game is critical since you | | | | the player has wagered one coin; the second column |
| have to decide which cards you would like to keep in | | | | shows the price amount if the player has wagered |
| your hand and which you would like to exchange. A | | | | two coins and so on. All games of video poker can be |
| chart is shown on the screen that specifies credits | | | | played with one to five coins and as a player you |
| offered for each winning hand arrangement. When | | | | must decide whether to bet the maximum amount of |
| playing video poker it is important that you verify the | | | | the minimum and this is where one of the video poker |
| various payout schemes as they tend to differ from | | | | secrets lies. If you want to play with one coin, as most |
| game to game. | | | | people do, press the coin symbol once, if you want to |
| As mentioned above, the main idea behind video poker | | | | play with two coins press the coin symbol twice and |
| is to get the best possible poker hand. Knowing how | | | | so on. Some machines have a separate symbol for 5 |
| to play basic poker will definitively give you an | | | | coins that can be activated by a single click, because |
| advantage and you are very likely to handle the video | | | | good players always play with five coins. |
| poker game successfully. There are, however, | | | | One general rule applies to all video poker machines: |
| differences between standard video poker and most | | | | Always play the maximum credits! One of the video |
| of the stud or draw poker variations: In video poker | | | | poker secrets is to continuously test new things to see |
| there is always only one round of betting which is | | | | what works, luckily for you you know know that you |
| completely different to what we see in traditional | | | | must play with 5 coins. The payoffs increase |
| poker which has more than one round of betting. | | | | depending on how many credits you make, most of |
| Another difference is that in video poker you usually | | | | the time we hear about people who bet the minimum |
| get all your cards when you press the 'deal' button and | | | | then a royal flush comes around and they had a bet |
| in regular poker there are what are called "community | | | | of only one credit! |