Video Poker Myth

The world wide online poker craze is well known and documented but the vast majority of attention seems to be on Texas Hold’em, Stud, and Omaha. Yet quietly enough another form of online poker is rapidly emerging as the preferred choice for millions of gamblers. Video poker has long ago become a quite popular game in traditional brick and mortar casinos and now that is equally, if not more true, in online casinos.

Video poker is most often based on traditional five card draw poker with the exception being that it is a one on one battle between man and machine. Depending on the video poker machine there are progressive jackpots paid out for such obvious hands as the Royal Flush but also, depending on the machines rules and payout structures, progressive jackpots can be paid on special hands such as four aces or deuces or assigned wild cards. This leads to the first important step of video poker which is to carefully read the payout structures and payoff setups of each machine as they will be different as online casinos like to offer different options to different players.

Online casinos offer incredible incentives and values for video poker players that you cannot get at a traditional brick and mortar casino. Beyond that online casino payout structures and odds are fairer than in Las Vegas.

This, plus the better variety of machines available in an online casino have made video poker the game of choice for countless and ever increasing poker players.