Video poker strategy

Video poker is one of the most popular casino games world wide. The game is very simple and has one of the lowest house edges among casino games. The game is based more on skill than on luck and with the right skills you can really win large amounts of money. These are the main reasons that convinced a lot of gamblers to play video poker. Yet, is not that easy to win at video poker. There are some things you should know not to do, so you can win money instead of losing them like an amateur.

First of all the game’s rules are easy: you are dealt five cards, you choose which ones you would like to keep and the machine replaces them. Once your hand is completed again, the machine pays you off according to the cards you hold now and proportionally with the amount you played on. Usually you can play on 1 to 5 coins for one game.

The most dangerous thing about video poker is to consider that the five-card draw strategy can be used successfully at the video poker machines. It won’t work and you will find yourself shortly out of money.

The video poker strategies are usually based on probabilities. As a strategy example you should keep only this cards:

- one high card which means a jack (J), a queen (Q), a king (K) or an ace (A);
- two suited cards like 10 and J, 10 and Q, or 10 and K;
- two high cards unsuited;
- three cards from a straight flush;
- any two suited high cards;
- four cards of an outside straight;
- one low pair
- four cards from the same suit;
- any three cards from a royal flush;
- a high pair;
- two pairs;
- four cards that can form a straight flush or a royal flush;
- three of a kind, straight, flush, full house;
- four of a kind, straight flush, royal flush.

Discard all other hands, no matter what you think and you will find this strategy quite profitable. Remember that the machines are fair, dealing cards randomly and always play on on the maximum coins, so your winnings will be also maximum.