Video Poker Strategy

Online video poker can deliver some of the best payout percentages of any game found in the online casino.  And if played with a tried and proven strategy, video poker can become the game of choice for many online players.  There are different versions of free video poker; And although they are similar in rules and the same in structure, each one has its own strategy.  Like the game of poker, video poker winners are deemed by the standard poker hand ranking system, which is precisely what a sound strategy is based on.  Depending on what cards one has showing, the hand will have certain potential of becoming particular ranked hands (or nothing at all).  This is what directly influences a player's choices regarding what cards to keep and what to discard.

One of the most popular versions of online video poker is called Jacks or Better.  When playing this game, many gamblers use a strategy card that essentially informs them what action to take, depending on what their hand is.  Hence, the following tips are the essential strategy moves which will guide you through every hand of Jacks or Better video poker you play:

• Hold Jacks, Queens and Kings of any suit

• Hold 10's and Face Cards of the same suit

• Hold all high cards (10,J,Q,K,A) - lone and paired, suited and unsuited

• Hold all pairs - low or high

• Hold any four suited cards - this could become a flush

• Hold any three suited cards within five values of each other - this could be a straight flush

• Hold any three suited Face cards - this could become a Royal Flush (the jackpot)

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