Video Poker Guide

Learn to play video poker at online casinos

Video poker is one the most popular games ever played at online casinos. People all over the world are fascinated by this gambling game. People visiting gambling casinos would find the poker table always full of players trying their luck and racking their brains to beat everyone involved in the hope of making a lot of money.

Online video poker also follows the same methodology of the traditional online poker game; however the online version has brought in a variety of variations to the traditional game. There are many online gambling casino websites that allow people to play the online video poker game with their very user friendly and customized software interface. The online video poker game software interface is very amazing and easy to use. People can click on the different option buttons displayed on the screen to decide and finalize their moves and bets.

Players are dealt 5 cards that they can keep or discard depending on the card that they have received. Discarded cards are replaced by new cards which the players should use and try to form a winning hand. Winning hands are decided as per the following order:

• Players who have all the five cards in the same suit in the order of Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten for example all these cards in order mentioned of diamond suit are the top winners. This combination is called the “Royal Flush”.
• If players have got five consecutive cards in the same suit for example, all cards in diamonds with 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. This combination is the second best possible winner and is called “Straight Flush”.
• The combination of getting four cards of the same number is the 3^rd best possible winner. For example, 5, 5, 5, 5 of all the different suits. This combination is called “Four of a Kind”.
• The combination of 3 cards of the same number and the remaining two cards of a different number. For example. 5, 5, 5, 8, 8. This combination is called the “Full House”.
• Any randomly sequenced five cards of the same suit. For example, all the 5 cards of Hearts Suit – J, 8, 6, 3, 2. This combination is called “Flush”.
• All the five cards in a sequence but from different suits. For example: 5 of Diamonds, 6 of Hearts, 7 of Clubs, 8 of Spades, 9 of any suit. This combination is called “Straight”.
• Three cards of the same rank; for example, 6 of hearts, 6 of clubs, 6 of diamonds. This combination is called “Three of a Kind”.
• Two different pairs of numbers from different suits. For example – King of Diamonds, King of Hearts, 10 of Spades, 10 of Clubs. This combination is called “Two Pair or Pair of Two”
• A combination of Two queens, or two Jacks, or even Two Kings and Two Aces. This combination is called “Pair of Jacks or Better”.

People have to first transfer money online via their credit cards or online banking systems. The winning amount is also transferred directly to their bank account by the preferred way specified.