Video Poker Strategy

Video Poker Tips

3 Video Poker Tips that Will Change the Way You Play

As you know, Video Poker is a great game to play online. The house edge is minimal, the payouts are great and the game play is fun. These tips focus on playing "big" to make bigger cash.

Locking down correct Video Poker strategy is important to making money and correct decisions. Video Poker online is a slightly different way of thinking from standard poker games like Texas Holdm or Omaha - you are playing against the machine/dealer, and not other players.

This Is Not 5 Card Draw

While many video poker games are variations of 5 Card Draw, you do not want to get stuck in that mentality of playing. The game of video poker takes a separate set of skills and strategies into play.

Taking a simple 5 card draw strategy like keeping a high kicker to go along with a pair is wrong. Because you are only playing against the dealer and need great hands to qualify for bigger poker bonuses, you need to consistently go for those bigger hands.

Big Hands Make You Big Money

This seems like an obvious statement instead of a tip, but bare with me. As we illustrated above, going for money-maker hands increases your profitability and tightens your strategy. There is no sense "playing it safe" and valuing pairs over potential flushes and straights.

Take some calculated risks to shoot for royal flushes when given the opportunity, especially with face cards.

Learn the Payouts and Bonuses of Each Game/Machine

Video Poker machines and games can offer different payouts for premium hands. If you are playing for the Big Hands we talked about earlier, you want the ones that will give you the biggest payout when you hit them.

Remember this "big" style of playing may give you some short term losses as you miss draws, but it will more than make up for it with the bonuses on premium bonuses.