About video poker

Poker has been quite possibly the worlds most popular card game since card began. Most of the major card tournaments in world involve poker, and the biggest prizes in the world of card gambling certainly revolve around the card game. Real money online video poker is the next step in the sequence of transporting much loved games to the twenty first century via online gaming.

Online video poker is in short, the digital version of poker. There are plenty of variations of the game, all of which can be classified as video poker, making the name itself almost as redundant as the plain "poker" name used in land-based tournaments. Online video poker, like land-based poker can include Texas Hold 'Em, Five Card Draw, Jacks Wild, Aces Wild, Seven Card Poker and an impossibly long list of other variants of the game.

Finding video poker games

Much like roulette and slots, video poker can be found at practically any online gambling site on the net. You do not just have to venture to an online casino to find video poker, as there are also plenty of specific online poker sites that deal with the game, and offer it some of the zillions of varieties we have just mentioned. These websites tend to offer rules and tactics books for the game too, as video poker is also a game of strategy as much as luck it is said.

The basics

The general strategy of video poker is essentially the same as any standard poker game. Players must complete one of the following combinations with their cards, in order of importance. A royal flush, straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three of a kind and a two pair and a pair. The single pair generally has to be at least a pair of Jacks of better in order to qualify, and a flush is having all of the cards in the same suit. A straight is rather self-explanatory. It is having all of yours cards in numerical order.

Wild cards

In certain games of internet video poker, you may find yourself rewarded with wild cards. These cards can be used to substitute themselves for any other card in your hand and when used can introduce a five of a card into the mix of winning hands, which takes it place above a four of a kind in the order of importance. Wild cards are not common in standard video poker and are far more likely to appear when one is playing one of the variations of standard video poker, such as Deuces Wild or Joker's Wild.