Video poker’s popularity

There is more to the online poker craze than just countless Texas Hold ‘em tournaments and cash games, or Omaha, Stud, or Razz for that matter. There is another key component to the online poker craze that gets far less attention that the other poker games, but brings in just as much or more money to the online casino gambling industry and that is VIDEO POKER.

Ask any manager of a brick and mortar casino and he’ll gladly tell you that his video poker machines bring in far more revenue to the house than the poker rooms. All the poker rooms can bring in is a percentage "rake" of the action. Video poker machines are simply man versus machine with the odds, of course, built into the house’s advantage. But before you write of video poker take heart that many expert players are making a living off the video poker machines.

Video poker’s popularity starts with the fact that it is man against machine. A video poker machine is far less intimidating to a new poker player than would be a table full of seasoned card sharks. Beyond that many veteran card players prefer the video poker machines because they can’t stand people or card sharks or worse yet, wannabe card sharks either.

Video poker can be played for pennies per hand all the way up to significant amounts of money per hand. Either way it offers a player the perfect balance between a game of chance, a game of strategy and thought, and a shot at a huge jackpot.